Floyd C. Martin, age 90 of Shadehill, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon.

The Funeral Service for Floyd will be held at 1:30pm on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at the American Lutheran Church in Bison. Pastor Dana Lockhart will officiate with burial in Gallaway Cemetery at Meadow.

FLOYD CLEO MARTIN was born June 17, 1923 in the Lane area near Woonsocket, SD to John and Olga (Johnson) Martin. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith. His family moved from Jerauld County, to the Coal Springs area in 1926 where he attended grade school. Floyd helped his mother with the farm as his father had passed away suddenly in 1936.

Floyd worked for various farmers in the Meadow, Newell, and Bison areas. He was drafted into the U.S. Army on 30 July 1945 and served active duty overseas during WWII. He was honorably discharged on 21 January 1947.

Floyd was united in marriage to Rose Schopp on June 29, 1954 at Baker, MT. To this union four children were born, Allan, twins Dennis and Duane, and Bonnie. They lived in various places in the Bison, Lemmon, and Meadow areas. In 1960, they bought the Kenneth Brown place. In 1968, they purchased the Adolph Lutz and Clara Coles place where they are currently living.

Floyd entered Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon in April of 2013.

He enjoyed playing cards, watching tv, keeping up with current politics, and his pride and joy-farming. He will be missed by his family and friends.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife of 59+ years, Rose of Meadow, SD; his sons, Allan, Meadow, SD; Dennis, Lemmon, SD; Duane (Jo) Kalispell, MT; his daughter, Bonnie (Bob) Crow, Bison, SD; grandchildren, Joseph (Michelle) Crow, Micaela Rice (Scott Martin), Colt Martin, and Tim Martin; and great grandchildren, Jaeden Rice, Kiley and Tayley Martin, Landon Crow, and Connor, Cayden and Kinsey Martin; brothers, Dean Martin and Alvin Martin, both of Rapid City, SD; sisters, Eulala Lensegrav, Rapid City, SD; and Marcella Norman, San Antonio, TX; and sisters-in-law, Edna Martin, Spearfish, SD, and Lillian Martin, Bismarck, ND; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Olga, brothers, Maynard, John, Lowell and Bud, and sisters and brothers-in-law, Vivian and Joe A. Hulm, Verna and Henry Christman, and brothers-in-law, Don Norman, and Johnny Hulm.

A memorial has been established to the Gallaway Cemetery Fund.

Visitation will be on Monday from 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and on Tuesday from 11:00 to 1:30pm at the American Lutheran Church in Bison.