Funeral Service: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 2:00 p.m. St. Paul's Lutheran Church Wadena, Saskatchewan Pastor Chad Moir Officiating Martha Elizabeth Young was born on September 19, 1923 in Dryzewitz, Germany. She immigrated to Canada in 1927 with her Mother, Anna, as her Father, Julius Markowski had immigrated two years prior. They settled in the Lintlaw district. She married Arnold Young in 1944 and so began Martha's life on the farm. Life was not always easy but they raised a family of four children, Rita (Lorne) Boyle, Dianne (Orest) Shinkewski, Leslie (Cindy) Young and Ronald (Debbie) Young. Left to cherish her memory are also nineteen grandchildren, Curtis Boyle (Janice), Kevin (Jennifer) Boyle, Lorraine (Maurice) Cameron, Eugene Shinkewski, Rod Shinkewski (Sara), Ashley Young (Mike), Kim Young, Tina (Chris) Snow, Dean (Chantle) Young, Dawn (Drew) Ross, Ryan Young. Martha is also survived by eleven great grandchildren, Lily & Sam Cameron, Morgan, Mannix & Molly Boyle, Rylan Shinkewski, Ky Eley, Austin, Shalyn, & Kaizer Young, and Eberle Ross. In the early 1980's Arnold & Martha retired and moved to Wadena. The farm was always Martha's real home and she frequently went back to check things out. She would drop everything to go and help out at the farm, whether it be to babysit, plant and weed the garden, process vegetables or make lunches to take out to the men who were working in the field. Martha was a very gentle and kind person. She rarely got upset or raised her voice. Martha really enjoyed gardening and tending to her flowers. She could grow the most beautiful dahlias. Every plant would grow at least three feet high and three feet across and be filled with blooms. Playing cards was a major form of entertainment. These games were always very serious, but there was also a lot of laughter and sometimes a lot of discussion as to whether that was the right move or not. These card games always lasted till the wee hours of the morning. Then there was the curling! Rumour has it, Martha's three curling buddies on one occasion especially, stretched Martha's patience. The team got stranded in town and got into some potatoe champagne. Martha, in her calm and quiet way brought her team mates cups and cups of black coffee so they could curl their game. They even won that game. You know who you are? There was the picking berries and mushrooms, the parties for young and old with music and dancing, singing in Polish, German and English, wiener roasts and playing games. Us kids always wished we could speak a second language when it came to the singing. Words would be blanked out with a tut tut ta rut tut tut and everyone would be laughing profusely. After retiring Arnold and Martha enjoyed travelling. They travelled across Canada and the United States and Alaska. They visited relatives in Poland, Germany and Australia. Wether it was with her family here or abroad, she was always interested in what they were doing. She was very proud of all of their accomplishments. The last few years Martha struggled with Alzheimer's. She gradually forgot about the farm and the flowers and the card games and the dancing and the travelling to distant countries and sadly, her family. Mom we love you and WE will never forget YOU!!