Show SOLD ER KILLE FAMILY DIES tho the saddest tragedy of Bea beafore Be avore vors 03 experience with the flu fill culminated on february 4 and anda 6 when mrs nellie llo martinez Martl nez and baba babo of less than I 1 1 eight months both passed away twelve hours houra apart terminating a serious illness from flu the little daughter quietly wont went to sleep at six p m on february 4 and i the next morning at six a in tho the mother slept likewise mrs martinez Martl nez was the daughter of mr ali and mrs james Valen valentine tilie of beaver who have lived a long lone and useful life full of kind deeds and be decked with exemplary deportment she was waa the wife of a recently deceased soldier boy who gave his life for his country that th at his daml family ly might have an honorable place pla ce of abode but their abode was waa very brief indeed joseph milton martinez Martl nez husband and father of the late deceased was born in alcada now mexico and later camo came to beaver and married nellie valentine june 8 1917 he entered enice anice the U 8 ice in november 1917 and went to france in january 1918 while out scouting in no mans land in june 1918 he be located W a band of germans and hastened back for helli ile he bravely bri ively led his boys in the attack and captured capture 1 a host of boches hut but received a severe wound from which ho he finally recover ed for this brilliant act of gallantry he was promptly honored with ath the war cross and promoted to 2nd and aleut infantry 1st ast division As soon as he recovered from this wound he went back front and bravely led his men until on october ath sherille when rille he received his second and fatal wound in left shoulder and hip from a cruel german machine gun ton ten days later surrounded with the usual comforts of a baso hosp hospital ifal in prance france hip aming 9 life ebbed abbed away forthe fo for rt the ause causa or of tho country he loved so well and he was burled buried in the american cemetery nt at beaune 0 france information relative to the wol wel caro of feut Mart martinet martineit inert was very hard ta obtain anil and not until just a few days before the death of hil hi wife did his family receive an authentic report through the assistance of the red cross the wife also the child which was born june 12 1918 lay seriously III when the cable came saying the father had bad gone to rest in october after reading tho the message the wife turned her face away and seemed to go into a deep dream and said to her husband yes ill come too 1 in rl a few moments she was heard to say no I 1 cant come and leave the baby then she later said yes ill come and bring the baby with me from this time on she seemed to grow weaker and weaker until the fatal end came surrounded with a host of relatives and friends who met to pay their last sat sad tribute of respect to the depril departing ting mrs airs martanez Martl Marti nez riez with her child held gently to her bosom I 1 were laid to rest in the beaver cemetery on feb 6 beside her brother elliott El llott a stalwart youth ofia who had died of influenza jan 26 and was burled january 28 only 9 days before he was a promising young man of exemplary habits and thrift and a model son marv many of the local returned soldier boys gathered together cometo act as pall bearers and others to ap in laying away the dear ones of a fallen soldier friend this was the most sorrowful und and pathetic occur rance beaver has forgone in a lont long timothe mother and child to follow her bar brother and husband mrs airs Al Martl artinez nez leaves a father and mother and one bro brother flier charley I keel ceel and six sisters mrs airs julia brannin Bran mrs airs emma 0 grean r e v n and edna ruth rose hortense ortense Il V vilan C tine to deeply mourn the loss of herself and child brother and husband MRS AIRS EMMA EMATA GIBSON |