Philip A. Martin

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Philip Anthony Martin
May 4,1919 - December 24, 2021

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Philip Anthony Martin of Waco, Texas, passed away at the age of 102 at his home in Gholson, Texas, surrounded by his beloved family.

Rosary and visitation will be held at St. Peter Catholic Student Center on Monday, January 3rd at 7:00 PM.

Funeral services will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church on Tuesday, January 4th at 1:00 PM, with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Fr. Henry Carter Finch will officiate at the Requiem Latin Mass. Pre-service music will begin at 12:30. Mass will be livestreamed on the OakCrest Facebook page starting at 1 p.m.

Mr. Martin graduated from Bishop Baraga High School in Marquette, Michigan.

He served as First Lieutenant in the Army Medical Administrative Corps as Battalion Surgeon Assistant in the First Army Division. His term of duty included the historic battles of the final months of World War II: the Battle of Aachen, the Battle of the Huertgen Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge.

He earned the BA degree from Baylor University in English and the MA degree in English from the University of Texas. He taught at Baylor University in the German Department from 1957 until his retirement in 1989. He was blessed with 30 more years at his beloved farm at Gholson, Texas, in the company of his wife and five younger children.

He was preceded in death by his son, Michael Gregory Martin.

Survivors include his wife, Janya Houston Martin, and eight children: Philip Christopher Martin, Janya Cecilia Martin Gruetzmacher, Noel Anthony Martin, Ian Andrew Gregory Martin, Cara Patricia Elizabeth Martin Hueske, Melanie Kercher, Vicki Gaitros, and Kathleen Austin; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-four great grand-children, and two great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers
Julian Roderiguez
Darryl Rublein
Brian Rublein
Mike Bezdek
James Bezdek
Bret Coody
Nathan Kassees
Brad Rogers
Darin Kercher
Ryan Kercher
Michael Kercher

Honorary Pallbearers
Jeff Rogers
Albert Redder

Memorial Donations
May be made to St. Peter Catholic Student Center, 1415 S. 9th Street, Waco, TX 76706