Martha Slark, 79, of Portsmouth went to be with her Lord Friday, September 17, 2021. She was born October 15, 1941, and raised in New Boston by George and Alice (Dowdy) Maple. Martha retired from SOMC after over twenty-five years as a pharmacy tech. She was also a proud member of the First Church of Christ in Wheelersburg.
She is survived by her daughter Mary Alice (Missy) Sister; granddaughter, Kristina Sister; three brothers, Don Maple and wife Beulah, Morris Maple, her twin Ike Maple and wife Shirley; two sisters, Joyce and her late husband William Bowan, Ruth Baker and husband Dolan; thirteen nieces and nephews; seven great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by an infant brother Ronald; her first husband, Charles L. Ankrom, second husband, Ralph O. Slark; three brothers, Harold, Homer, and Tony Maple; son-in-law Don Sister and three grandsons, Adam Sister, Aaron Elliott, and Jeremy Elliot.
Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 (NOON) on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at D.W. SWICK FUNERAL HOME in New Boston with Sam Cook officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Burial Park in Wheelersburg. Friends may call Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 (NOON) at the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.DWSwickFuneralHome.com.
