Martha T. Hamand's Obituary
CHARLESTON, IL - Martha T. Hamand, age 91 of Charleston, died on Monday, March 21, 2011 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Memorial services honoring and celebrating her life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston with Reverend Walter Carlson officiating. Inurnment will follow in Mound Cemetery, Charleston. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Saturday from noon until 1:00 p.m. It is requested that in lieu of flowers memorials in her honor be made to the Eastern Illinois University Foundation specifying the Lavern M. and Martha T. Hamand Scholarship or to the Charleston Food Pantry. Contributions may be left on the memorial table at the visitation or services or may be mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920.Martha was born January 19, 1920 in Chesterfield, Illinois, a daughter of the late Arnold P. and Myrtle R. (Richardson) Tendick. She married Lavern M. Hamand on June 9, 1942 and they enjoyed a loving marriage and friendship until his death in 1992. Martha is survived by her loving and devoted family of three children, Carol Stephens and husband Tom of Indianapolis, Wendy Venet and husband Allen of Atlanta, Georgia, and Jeff Hamand of Chicago; four grandsons, Jason, Andrew, Oliver and Henry; two step-grandchildren, Alissa and Adam; a step-great-grandchild, Sydney; and a sister, Faye Hamman of Decatur. Martha was a 1937 graduate of Greenfield High School and a 1941 graduate of the University of Illinois. She taught English for many years at the Villa Grove and Monticello High Schools during the 1940s. At Eastern Illinois University she was an instructor in the English department, a position she held for twenty years and until her retirement in 1982. Mrs. Hamand enjoyed helping others through her volunteer work associated with the American Red Cross Society, the Charleston Food Pantry and EIU's Neal Welcome Center. She was actively involved with the Charleston Drama Study Club, various bridge clubs, and numerous cultural and social functions.Click to view Family Memorial Video.
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