Paula Joan Martin of Emporia passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia. She was 64.
Paula was born April 7, 1957 in Lincoln, Nebraska the daughter of Everett and Adele Wenzlaff Bailey. She grew up in Olathe, KS. Paula graduated from Emporia State University receiving a Bachelor of Science in Sociology & Anthropology, she also played the violin in the ESU Orchestra. She served in the US Navy as a Petty Officer and received the National Defense Service Medal.
On September 14, 1979 Paula married Stan Martin in Emporia, Kansas. They later divorced. Surviving family members include: son, Ryan (Linsey) Martin of Hastings, NE daughter, Jill (fiancé Marcus Petrosky) of Dayton, OH; grandchildren, Bailey & Addison Martin, Aiden Petrosky.
She is preceded in death by her parents.
Paula was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, loved animals, the outdoors, the violin and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas City Chiefs.
Cremation is planned with a memorial service at a later date. Memorial contributions to ESU Frank Beach Music Scholarship, Emporia Friends of the Zoo, or the Salvation Army and can be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, Kansas 66801.
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