Phyllis A. Martinson passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at the age of 98.
She arrived on Nov. 1, (Sunday all Saints Day) 1925, the only daughter of Louis and Ellen (Johnson) Siltberg. Her parents were renting the church home belonging to the El Salem Baptist Church in Garfield Township. This home still stands adjacent to the church on Co. Hwy. F.
She attended grade school at Oak Grove and Sucker Lake, and later graduated from Amery High School with the class of 1944. Her employment years were mainly retail sales and customer service but the last 30 years were as a case aide, program supervisor and resource/benefits specialists with two government agencies.
She married Virgil Martinson on Sept. 8, 1946, soon after his return from military service in WWII. They made their home in Amery and maintained an open-door policy to all relatives and friends.
Their only son, Lynn, (The love of their life) who was a Vietnam veteran, passed away on Oct. 7, 2003, at the age of 56. Their marriage breakup in 1978 was a deep heartbreak, not only to themselves, but to their son and the entire family.
She was a long-time member of the Amery Area Gardening Club, VWF Auxiliary, Amery Senior Center, the Kennedy EOC, Polk Co. Mental Health, and an associate member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.
Her life time passion was flower gardening, camping, snowmobiles, cars, tractors, pets, family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Ellen; her son, Lynn; husband, Virgil; and both sets of grandparents, (Johnsons and Siltbergs).
Survivors are granddaughters, Dawn (Corey) Weinfurtner of Richmond, Illinois, and Jamie Martinson of Wisconsin; great-grandchildren, Owen and Erynn Weinfurtner; and her cousin, Chuck.
A funeral service will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 30, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Amery, Wisconsin, with a visitation/brunch from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Burial will take place at the Amery Cemetery in Amery, Wisconsin.
To sign an online guestbook and view a video tribute please visit williamsonwhite.com. Arrangements were made with the Williamson-White Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Amery, Wisconsin.
