Saturday, August 24, 2019
“Hello , children and extended family of Ephraim martin. I share with you the loss yet at the same time celebrate with you a life well lived.
Ephraim was a mentor to me during my teen years in the 1960,s. As a neighbour farm lad I worked with Ephraim on the farm, particularly in the potato business------probably as a payback for the custom farming that he did for us. Giving the wages back home to support the family was the custom at the time. I didn`t mind as Ephraim made working fun as he enjoyed joking around as much as we workers did. He gave me some challenging jobs to do, encouraging me and having the confidence that I could do them, e.g. truck driving at the age of 16.
You children were all somewhat younger than me, so I didn`t get to know you other than little nuisances getting in our way. I do remember though (forgive me) , Richard, the times when as the oldest, your father would ask you to do a task and you would respond with, ‘Ich vill nett”, and you didn`t----and seemed to get away with it. that amazed me. Hopefully you have moved on from there??? ;)
Your dad lent me his big Oldsmobile for my first date--------I guess he was encouraging me in such matters. I must say I felt betrayed when later on I heard that he went “across the fence for greener pastures”. That must have been hard for you.
Anyways, I remember the many good times we had together.
Blessings to you as you grieve and celebrate the life of a fun-loving father.
Sincerely,
Jim (James) Martin (former neighbour down the road towards Erbsville) “
