DALE KENNETH MARTI

LAMAR- Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Apostolic Christian Church for Dale Kenneth Marti, 94, Lamar, who died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Burial will follow in the Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Wednesday, at the church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home.

Contributions are suggested to Alzheimer’s Association, in care of the funeral home.

Condolences may be shared at www.dfhlamar.com.

Survivors include his wife, Corrine; three sons, Larry Marti and wife Judy, Lamar, Kent “Butch” Marti and wife Deidra, Jasper and Kevin Marti and wife Kathy, Lamar; four daughters, Karel Anliker and husband Wendell, Morton, Ill., Terri Duncan and husband Jim, Lamar, Mary Probert and husband Jim, Chouteau, Okla. and Schelli Marti, Oronogo; one sister, Allene Steffen and husband Jerry, Goodfield, Ill.; grandchildren, Stacia Forst and husband Tommy, Tristan Marti and wife Kyla, Tracie Enders and husband Rob, Janell Rinkenberger and husband Bart, Michael Anliker and wife Mindy, Jason Duncan, Jo Ann Wentland and husband Jon, Andy Marti and wife Misty, Kaleb Marti and wife Katelyn, Kellen Probert, Kassidy Probert and wife Jenni, Trevor Probert, Adam Abbiatti and wife Jamie, Nicole Braker and husband Darin, Christopher Marti and wife Katie, Elizabeth Marti, Alex Marti and 27 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, Fred Marti; a granddaughter, Kaelee Jo Marti; three brothers, Joe, Erv and Alvin Marti and three sisters, Ruth Schrock, Dort Wagenbach and Corrine Roth.

Mr. Marti was born April 24, 1924, in Lamar, to Fred William and Anna Katherine (Kaufman) Marti. He graduated from Lamar High School and served his country in the United States Army during WWII. He married Corrine Fay Stewart on Aug. 19, 1948, and together they reared eight children. He was a cattle and crop farmer and a member of the Apostolic Christian Church.