Funeral Service: 2 PM Friday 12/21/2012 at Elim Mission Church
Visitation: 4-8 PM Thursday at Swanson-Peterson Fueneral Home of Cokato, and one hour prior to funeral at Church on Friday
Interment: Cokato City Cemetery
Pauline Lucile Martinson (Clements) was born on May 28, 1922 near Braddock,
North Dakota on a farm called Killdeer Knob
to Guy and Ellen Marie (Jacobson) Clements.
She joined 2 sisters Golda & Katherine, when she was
about a year old they moved to Littlefork, Minnesota.
Two brothers were born into the family, James and John.
Pauline attended all 12 grades at Littlefork, graduating in
1940. From 1940 to 1945 she worked at
various jobs, in the fall she attended the North West Institute of Technology,
where she trained to be a Medical Technician.
In 1946 she went to Columbus, Indiana
where she was employed at the county hospital until 1949. Coming home to Minnesota,
Pauline and her mother moved to Cokato where she was employed at the Cokato
Hospital.
February 24, 1950
she was married to Arnold J. Martinson, to this union was born three sons:
John, Bruce, and James.
Pauline was an active church member at Elim Mission Church
of Cokato; she especially enjoyed the Dorcus group. She was also an active community member:
Cokato Ambulance, Red Cross to name a couple.
She was also an avid reader and enjoyed quilting needle pointing and
crosstiching, she was especially fond of spending time at the “cabin”. Most important was her family.
Pauline passed away on December 16, 2012 at the Hutchinson
Community Hospital,
surrounded by many family members. She
had reached the age of 90 years, 6 months and 18 days.
She is survived by her sons: John (Kristie), Bruce
(Shelley), and Jim (Debbie).
Grandchildren: Leah, Amy, Jimmy (Janell), Erik (Erin),
Jessie (Austin), Joey, Charstyn,
Dan, Hope, and Adam.
Great-grandchildren: Jordan,
Averie, Madelyn, Gavin, Easton,
Emma Pauline and Gracelyn. Pauline was
preceded in death by her parents, husband Arnie, and sisters Golda and
Katherine.