Martha Gagnon

89, 10 year Las Vegas resident, passed away Jan. 23, 2013. She was born in Texas on Dec. 23, 1923. Her parents

moved to Tucumcari, New Mexico, where she grew up and attended high school. Martha married Bill Gagnon in 1944 and they

lived in Massachusetts and Kansas. In 1960 they moved to Denver, Colorado where Bill was a respected newspaper and television reporter. She was a homemaker and raised two daughters. The girls praise there parents for providing them an

"All American happy childhood." Martha was involved in all aspects of their lives from Girls Scouts to PTA to camping trips along with various other activities. Upon her husband passing in 1990, she became active in the Widow and Widowers Support Group, Central Christian Church and going to places with her many friends. she moved to Las Vegas in 2002 and lived her youngest daughter. She was very active in her quilting groups. Her proudest accomplishment was completing a quilt her mother had started in the 1930s. Martha was preceded in death by parents John and Willie; bother Billy; and her husband.

She is survived by her daughters Linda of Las Vegas; Georgia (John) Crawford of Illinois; grandchildren Curtis (Mary), Nathaniel, Sarah and Joshua; great- grandchildren Lily and Peyton; bother Jim (Dorothy) of Colorado; nephews David and Gary (Heidi); great nieces Alyssa and Jenna; and the cat who adopted her, Kitty.Memorial Services will be held at Trevino Mortuary, 300 S. Logan St. Denver, CO. Feb. 11, 2013. at 11:00am. Inurnment to follow at FT. Logan National Cemetery.

Martha will forever loved and missed by her family she left behind.