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Jane W.H. Martin, 92, formerly of Belle Vernon and Perryopolis, died Tuesday, July 8, 2008. A daughter of the late Thomas and Mildred Waite Harris, she was born in North Belle Vernon on October 8, 1915. Jane was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Fayette City (Brownstown), the former Eastern Star of Belle Vernon and the Fayette County Grange. A graduate of Belle Vernon High School and the former California Teacher's College, she taught school at the North Belle Vernon Elementary School and the Franklin Township School in the Uniontown School District, where she taught special education and retired in 1987. She was a lifelong resident of the Belle Vernon and Perryopolis areas. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, James A. Jr. and Veronica Martin, and John T. Sr. and Esther Martin, all of Perryopolis, one sister, Betty Davis, of Belle Vernon, seven grandchildren and their families, Christopher Martin, Mark Franks, Romanee Yandura, Cody Martin, Jodi Ross, Heidi Martin and John Martin Jr., and 10 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Martin Sr., in 1988, one sister, Mildred LeComte, and three brothers, Evan Thomas, Harrington Thomas and Thomas Harris. Friends will be received from 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY INC., (724-929-5300), www.fergusonfuneralhomeandcrematory.com, Belle Vernon. Funeral services will be in the funeral home Friday, July 11, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Brian Kisner, pastor of the Bread of Life Church of Uniontown, officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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