Olive R. LA DUE

COHOES, NY -- Olive R. La Due Martin, 83, a lifelong area resident, passed into eternal life on Monday, April 12, 2005 at the Eddy-Ford Nursing Home in Cohoes. Born on May 22, 1921 in Watervliet, she was a daughter of the late Leo and Susie Rufle La Due. Mrs. Martin was raised and educated in Watervliet and, following her marriage in 1938, she moved to Troy. She was the beloved wife of John Martin, who died in 1976. Mrs. Martin had also resided in Cohoes and was a 50-year employee of Cluett, Peabody and Company in Troy where she worked until her retirement. She also later worked part time for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in Albany for several years. Dedicated to caring for her home, Mrs. Martin also enjoyed arts and crafts and, in earlier years, enjoyed motorcycle rides with her late husband. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Watervliet. She was the dear and much loved sister of Theresa Soroka (late husband Peter) of Watervliet, Leona Monforte (husband Ronald) of Monroe, Conn. and the late Dorothy (late husband Val) Ouellette, Mildred (late husband William) Koniowka, Anna Mae Baum, whose husband Edward of Troy survives. Also surviving are several devoted nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Funeral from the Parker Bros. Memorial, 2013 Broadway, Watervliet on Saturday morning at 9:30 and at 10 in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Watervliet where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Watervliet. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the funeral home on Friday from 3 until 8 p.m. Contributions in memory of Olive Martin may be made to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. For directions and guest registry, please visit: www.parkerbrosmemorial.com Published in the Albany Times Union on 4/14/2005.