Martha Humphries

Martha Marie Roth Wederspahn Humphries died March 1, 2012.

She was born July 14, 1919 in Lind, the eldest of four children of George and Bertha (Roloff) Roth. She and her brother Emil, and sisters Venita and Louella, grew up on the family farm.

When she was about 13, her father was killed in an automobile accident, and her mother moved to Odessa with her children, where Bertha met and married Conrad Schauerman.The family became much larger with seven stepbrothers and sisters. Martha went to Odessa High School and married her high school sweetheart Harvey Wederspahn. They had three children: Ga...