Iris Effie Martin

Iris Effie (Imeson) Martin,age 90, was born January 1m 1914 to Donnelly and Effie Imeson in South Park near Jackson, Wyoming. She died on November 17, 2004 at her home in Island City. A funeral service will be held at the LDS Chapel on McAlister Road in Island City at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. A memorial service will also be conducted at the LDS Chapel in Pinedale, Wyoming at 11:00 a.m. Monday with interment following in the family plot in the Pinedale Cemetery.

Her mother, Effie Jane Wilson, was reported to be the first "white child" born in Jackson's Hole after her parents blazed a trail over Teton Pass from Idaho in 1889. Iris was raised in Jackson Hole and graduated from Jackson-Wilson High School in 1932. She was married to Robert W. "Buster" Martin in 1933 and in 1941 they bought a ranch and moved to Boulder, Wyoming. They ranched and lived in Wyoming until they moved to Island City in 1991 to retire near family.

Iris worked hard all her life doing all the normal chores of running a ranch. She was known for her wonderful cooking, especially biscuits. In later years she enjoyed crocheting and making quilts, but most of all she loved her garden, beautiful flowerbeds and little dog, Harley.

Everyone who became acquainted with her after moving to Oregon commented on what a sweet lady she was. She has made many friends in the area even though she was quite reserved. No matter where Iris lived, a piece of her heart always remained somewhere near the beautiful Tetons in Wyoming.

She is survived by a sister, Rebecca Fleet of Cove; sons and daughters-in-law, Loren and Myrtle Martin of Provo, Utah and Stuart and Cristine Martin of Island City; daughter and son-in-law, Idonna and Gaylen Robison of Woodruff, Utah; 23 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, son, Robert A., daughter, Ardella Iris, brothers, Don Imeson and John Simpson and sisters, Verna Simpson, Doris Branstetter and Lea Cranston.