Martha Johnson Hammann

March 15, 2010

Martha Johnson Hammann, age 86, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2010, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Plainfield, NJ, the daughter of Dr. Harold and Helen Johnson, where she spent her youth with her three siblings. On July 7, 1945, she married Eugene Hammann, the love of her life. During their 64 years of marriage, they spent most of their life in Illinois before retiring to Kill Devil Hills, NC. In 2004, she and her husband moved to Pensacola, FL.

Martha was a registered nurse who enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps in 1945, shortly after graduation from St. Luke’s Hospital, NY. She served her country during World War II at Fort Dix, NJ. After raising her four daughters, she resumed her nursing career working in labor and delivery at Proctor Hospital in Peoria, IL. Prior to her retirement from nursing, she worked as an office nurse for Peter Couri, MD, an obstetrician in Peoria, IL.

In Pensacola, Martha was a member of Northminster Presbyterian Church where she was proud to be asked to use her musical ability playing the piano and organ during church services. She loved golf and played frequently at Cypress Lakes (Solutia) Golf Club where she had her first hole-in-one on the eighth hole where a cypress tree now stands in her memory. She was an active woman who loved nature, music, her family, and the many friends who crossed her path during her life. She cherished hummingbirds, butterflies and flowers, jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles and cross-stitch needle work.

She is survived by her husband, Gene, four daughters – Nancy (Tom) Sislow, Linda Hammann, Carol (Larry) Bergman, and Marje (John) Luetkemeyer, four grandchildren – Joseph Sislow, Brandon (Marcela) Sislow, Jennifer Luetkemeyer and Lauren Luetkemeyer, one great granddaughter, Sophia Sislow and one brother Paul Johnson (Jacksonville, FL), along with many relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Nancy (Johnson) Piddington and her brother Roger Johnson.

The family will receive friends on Monday, March 15th from 6pm-8pm at Faith Chapel North, 1000 Highway 29, Cantonment, FL 32533.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday, March 16 at 10:30am at Northminster Presbyterian Church, Nine Mile Road, Pensacola, FL, officiated by Rew Randolph, followed by a reception for family and friends. Internment will be at Barrancas National Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to The Joyce Goldenberg Hospice Inpatient Residence, 1007 Hillview Road, Pensacola, FL 32514, or Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1100 East 9-Mile, Pensacola, FL 52314.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries