Tuesday 14th October 2025

Mariam Louise Marie Martens, age 95, originally of Concordia, died Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Concordia. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Concordia. Memorials are suggested to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Concordia. The funeral will be under the direction of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home.

Survivors include two sons, Michael Martens and wife Bonnie of Blue Springs, MO and Patrick Martens and wife Susan of Concordia, MO; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Also, one sister, Barbara Sander and husband Edward of Alma, MO; one brother, Mark Matthews and wife Carolyn of Lincoln, MO; sisters-in-law, Alleen Matthews of Alma, MO and Ellen Muth of Illinois; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to Mariam’s parents, John and Laura (Bargfrede) Matthews; and husband, Ervin Martens; she was preceded in death by one brother, Orville Matthews of Alma, MO.