Martha Jean "Marty" DeShon

Martha Jean "Marty" DeShon, 52, 1208 S. St. Rd. 213, Tipton, died at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, February 11, 2006, at her residence.  She was born January 1, 1954, in Tipton to Thomas "Bud" & Marjorie (Wood) Twilling.  On June 15, 1991, she married Thomas DeShon and he survives

She was a homemaker and a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.  Marty was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Moose Lodge.

She is survived by her husband Tom; her mother Marjorie Twilling, Tipton; two daughters and two sons, Rachel (Johnson) Luttrell and husband Jeremy, Kempton, SSG Mary N. "Nicci" Barajas and husband SFC Jose, Harker Heights,Texas, Rodney Kelly and wife Amy, Tipton, and Justin Kelly, Kempton; two sisters, Mary Graham, Tipton, and Jane Ripberger, Tipton; eight grandchildren, Robert, Alec & Sydny Bohuk, Nathan Hoover, Kaleb Luttrell, Troy, Gabrielle & Madison Barajas, and Emma Grace Kelly.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Athena Alease Johnson, one sister, Patricia Leisure, and one brother, Robert Roadruck.

Marty's funeral will at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 15 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 340 Mill Street, Tipton, with Rev. Leroy Kinnaman presiding.   Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Young-Nichols Funeral Home with a Wake service at 7:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sydny Bohuk Hearing Aid Trust Fund, c/o Steel Parts FCU, 201 N. Main Street, Tipton, Indiana, 46072.