Martha Burroughs
Martha Burroughs
Martha
Ramona Burroughs (born: Maria Marta Ramoncita Martinez) passed away on
September 17, 2015 after a lengthy period of declining health. She was loved
and cherished by a close extended family and many lifelong friends.
Born
on January 11, 1934 in Capulin, Colorado Martha was the fifth child of Jose
Damacio Martinez and Rosana Cantu. She was raised in Colorado until an early
age when her father died and her family moved to Acequia, Idaho and then Twin
Falls, Idaho where she was schooled and married John Horejs in 1954. They
settled in Boise and had two children (Michael and Rosemarie, who survive) and
she was widowed in 1960. She married Norman T. (Mike) Burroughs in 1965 and
they had one child, (Marta, who survives).
Mike
and Martha opened Capital Car Stereo at 17
th
& State, in Boise
in 1965 and later established Capital Sports Sales on West State Street. Martha
was a vital partner in the family stores and held a key role in their success. They sold their businesses and retired in
1978 and spent many years traveling, at leisure and enjoying their children and
grandchildren. Mike Burroughs died in 2013.
Martha
is survived by her three children, Michael (Ann Horejs), Rosemarie (John
Painter) and Marta (Jeffery Nelson), five grandchildren, Stephanie, Angela,
Andrew, Austin (passed away in 2014), Nicholas and Allison, two great
grandchildren, Joanna and Jude, two siblings, Rita Woodall and Frank Garcia and
multiple nephews and nieces.
The
family chooses to waive a formal funeral service and elects to gather, at a
later date, for a private memorial. Many thanks to the kind and compassionate
care providers at Willow Park Assisted Living, Applewood Assisted Living and
Saint Lukes Hospice.
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