Theresa Marie Martin-Collum

Theresa Marie Martin-Collum was born on May 20, 1922, in Coram. Her parents were the earliest arrivals to the Flathead Valley. Her father, Anaclet Alcid, (Buck) Martin, was the powder man on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Her mother, Hattie Melanie White-Martin, had been both a teacher and a train dispatcher. The Martins, along with the Cheffs and Mollmans, had arrived from Canada before any other settlers and her father founded Martin City.

Theresa was a kind, caring woman, loved by everyone who met her. In her own way, she was enchanting. Her extended family and friends will sorely miss her. A talented musician, loving homemaker and professional caregiver, she made lives more comfortable and exciting.

After an extended courtship, in Philipsburg, she married James Edward Sullivan in San Francisco after he was stationed on Treasure Island to be shipped to the South Pacific. She worked for Ghirardelli's Chocolates for the duration of the war. They were married on July 29, 1942.

Theresa is survived by her sister, Alice Jeanne Keenan, Ariz., and her younger brother, Thomas Martin, Alaska, as well as her two daughters, Maureen P. Sullivan, of Cut Bank, and her younger daughter, Frances H. Kensok, of west Seattle; as well as her grandchildren, Cynthia and Jonathan Brown, Renton, Wash.; Dorian Kensok and Sky Kensok: numerous cousins, nieces and nephews and great-grandchildren.

Her parents preceded her in death, her sister Frances Dunne, great grandson Morrey A. Brown and her late husband, as well as Don Collum, late husband. She will be happy to be home with God and her loved ones. We will miss her every day.

As her father was responsible for this engineering marvel, her ashes will be scattered on the mountain this summer by family and friends. The Howden-Kennedy Funeral Home of West Seattle handled arrangements, including the cremation. She will have a brief memorial in Browning handled by the Spotted Eagle Wake Center in Browning before her ashes are scattered. An announcement will be made before the actual ceremony.