Martha Vernon Chest Pattison was born March 4, 1923 and passed-away at home on March 6, 2012. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, she moved to California at an early age. Martha was a stand-out athlete in her youth, excelling in softball and speedball. She met her childhood sweetheart, Marshall, in 1939, becoming the iconic couple, she being the head cheerleader at Samohi and Marshall being the quarterback on the football team. They later married and enjoyed a wonderful life together with family and friends. Martha is preceded in death by her beloved husband Marshall Hugh Pattison, son "Jim" James Martin Pattison, sister Francis Conger and brother George Chest and is survived by son Marshall Thomas Pattison, daughter Marsha Diane Hartnack and four grandchildren, Dr. Amanda Hartnack, Peter Hartnack, Michelle Pattison and Michael Pattison. Martha was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend...a congenial, kind and endearing person with a beautiful spirit. She will be forever missed.
Funeral services will be Friday, March 16 at 11:00 A.M. at The Little Chapel of the Dawn in Santa Monica, California. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery at 2:00 P.M. in Santa Monica.
Arrangements under the direction of Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral Directors, Santa Monica, CA.
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