Martha Magdalena Fleming's Obituary
Martha Magdalena Fleming
Born June 14, 1918, Martha Magdalena Wruck moved with her family to Damon, Texas at the age of five. She lived and attended school there, graduating in 1936. She was the third child and eldest daughter of Henry Gustaf Wruck and Sophie Besler Wruck.
Martha, a high school cheerleader, met and later married Herbert Alfred Fleming, a star running back for the Damon High School Bobcat football team, December 21, 1937. They had four daughters. They owned and operated their own business in Damon until retirement when they moved to the Longview area.
Martha, an active and ardent church and community leader and volunteer, took special interest and pride in her skills as a seamstress and tailor, keeping herself and three active daughters in apparel, including special attire for school plays, twirling events, formal dance affairs and weddings. Her sewing interest also included quilt making, which she learned from her mother and continued throughout her life. After moving to Longview she became active with the Piney Woods Quilters and also organized a group at First Lutheran Church who make quilts to ship to relief efforts throughout the world.
Surviving Martha are her daughters and sons-in-law Sandra and Irvin Foytik of El Campo, Texas, Diann and John Greifenkamp of Longview, and Rhonda and Rick Freese of Frisco; grandchildren, Jennifer Greifenkamp Hay and husband Carter and their children Hawthorne and Ainsley, Jonathan Greifenkamp and his wife Jillian and their children Austin, Thomas and Andrew, and Ryan Soape Freese. Sisters include Marion King of Friendswood and Annetta Shelton of Belton, and sister-in-law Dorothy Wruck of Damon. Martha was also blessed with a number of nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews, each of whom had a special place in her heart.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Henry and Sophie Wruck; her husband, Herbert and their infant daughter, Martha Laverne; her brothers Merle, Gahart and Harvey Wruck, her brothers-in-law Standley King and Bill Shelton and sister-in-law Lavenia Wruck.
The family would like to express their appreciation to all the loving hands who have shared in the care of Martha in recent years at Country Place Village in Kilgore and Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Center of Longview.
A brief memorial service will be held during the 11 a.m. worship service at First Lutheran Church on Sunday, July 29. Martha and Herbert?s ashes will be interred in the Damon Cemetery at a date to be determined.
Memorials may be made to Damon Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 183, Damon, TX 77430, The First English Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 129, Damon, TX 77430, The First Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 3901 Bill Owens Parkway, Longview, TX 75605 or Texas Home Health Hospice, Longview.
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