Martha L. Hemphill, 100, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, May 23, 2016. Martha passed away peacefully at her home in Saxonburg.

She was born on September 11, 1915 on a farm in Buffalo Twp to Frank and Susan Baxter Harvey. She married Kenneth L. Hemphill on June 26, 1935. The Hemphills initially lived in West Deer Township until 1946 when they moved to a farm in Clinton Township. It was here that they raised various crops and animals and built a good life with their family of four children. Kenneth and Martha were married 55 years before Kenneth's death in 1990.

Her faith, family and friends were very important to her. She was the oldest living member of Pleasant Unity United Presbyterian Church in Fawn. Martha volunteered at both the Saxonburg Area Library and Allegheny Valley Hospital for a number of years. She loved reading and playing cards, in particular 500 bid. While her husband was alive, they enjoyed traveling together.

Martha was a wonderful wife, mother, mother in law, grandmother, and great grandmother. The great grandchildren who called her "nana" brought her much joy in her later years. When Martha turned 100 and was asked, she attributed her long life to living and working on a farm. She loved farming and also a bit of chocolate now and then.

Surviving are son, Alan K. Hemphill of Saxonburg, daughters, Norma (Donald) Gratzer of Cabot and Sharon (Larry) Stephens of Sarver, 4 grandchildren; Brian (Connie) Grazter of Cabot, Trudy Ludwiczak of Wilmington, NC, Cory A. (Jeanette) Stephens of Sarver, Lia C. (Jeffrey) Smith of Butler, and a number of great grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth L. Hemphill who passed away in 1990, son, Darold "Bucky" Hemphill, 4 brothers, Chester, Ralph, Howard and Clifford Harvey, 1 sister, Dorothy Toy, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received on Wednesday, May 25 from 7-9 pm and on Thursday, May 26 from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at Fox Funeral Home, Inc., 410 W. Main Street, Saxonburg, PA.

Services will be held on Friday, May 27 at 11:00 am at the funeral home with Rev. Dr. Terry Mann officiating.

Interment will follow in Butler Co. Memorial Park.

Memorial donations may be made to the Pleasant Unity Presbyterian Church, 188 Culmerville Millerstown Road, Tarentum, PA 15084 or the Saxonburg Library (South Butler County Library), Main Street, Saxonburg, PA.

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