LORETTA SARAH (HATTER) MARTIN

Loretta Sarah Hatter Martin, 97, of Connellsville, passed away, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at home.

She was born in Connellsville, Aug. 30, 1925, to the late Andrew Hatter and the late Lila Basinger.

Loretta was a homemaker, lovingly caring for her family. She will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

She was a longstanding member of Dunbar Presbyterian Church, serving as both an elder and a lay minister.

She thoroughly enjoyed gardening up until this past August. She grew and tended to her many plants in her greenhouse which she had started from seeds.

She is survived by her three daughters, Nancy (Dick) Hoover, Sandy (Dave Couts) Absher and Bonnie (Curt) Matthews; grandchildren, Renae (Joe) Polizzi, Amy Matthews, Dean Hoover and Denis Hoover; great-grandchildren, Drew Breitbach and fiancée Kara, and Tayra Breitbach; several step-great-grandchildren; siblings, Gifford Hatter and Della Melvin.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben R. Martin; two children, Ronald Martin and Shirley Martin; grandson, Duane Hoover as well as six brothers and five sisters.

Friends will be received at Burhans-Crouse Funeral Home, 28 Connellsville St., Dunbar, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, 6 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.

Additional visitation will be held 11 a.m. to noon, the hour of the service Wednesday in the Dunbar Presbyterian Church, 91 Connellsville St., Dunbar, PA with Pastor Simeon Hatcher officiating.

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Interment to follow in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar, Pa.

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