Martha M. Frey, resident of College View Manor in Joplin, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2014 at Freeman West Hospital, with family at her side.
Martha was born September 4, 1930 in Kansas City, Missouri, daughter of the late Neal Ferguson and Ruth Callahan Ferguson. She attended St. Francis Catholic Grade School, and graduated from Bishop-Hogan High School of Kansas City in 1946. While working for Hallmark Cards for several years, she met Francis Joseph Frey, and they were married on February 9, 1952 in Kansas City where the couple made their home. Upon their retirement, they moved to Grove, Oklahoma in 1989.
Martha was devoted to her Catholic Faith, and many charities. While in Grove she was an active member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, and also of the Grand Lake of the Cherokees Quilting Club.
In 2009 she moved to the Joplin area to be closer to her only daughter as they were very close.
In addition to her parents, Martha was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, on July 25, 1998, a son, John Joseph Frey, a brother, Tom Ferguson, and two sisters, Jane Quinn and Margaret Bain.
Survivors include her children, Beth Sellers and husband Dan of Webb City; Tom Frey and wife Kim of O'Fallon, Missouri; grandchildren, Neal Sellers, Joseph Sellers, Alexandria Frey, Kristen Frey, Tyler Joseph Frey, and Courtney Eddington; great-grandchildren, Carson and Aria; brother, Bill Ferguson, and a sister, Bettye Gotschall, and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 12:00 noon at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Webb City with Father Rahab Isidor officiating. A Rosary will be recited starting at 11:30 a.m. prior to the service at the church.
Inurnment of her ashes will be at a later date in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kansas City.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor, James Jugan Center of Kansas City, Missouri care of Parker Mortuary. Condolences be made to the family at www.parkermortuary.com
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