Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 8/18/2007

Surnames:  Guess – Jones - Maley – Quier – Richards - Stouder – Taylor – Willis

Martha J. Guess

August 3, 1958 – August 16, 2007

WALKERTON – Martha “Martie” Jean Guess, 49, died Thursday in Rush University Medical Center, Chicago.  Survivors include her husband, Patrick J., daughter, Whitney at home, her father, Howard “Tom” Taylor of Granger, sisters, Linda Stouder, Vicki Maley, Connie Quier, Peggy Jones and Wendy Willis; and brothers, Gary, Charles and Dennis Taylor.  Services will be held at 11am Tuesday in Walkerton United Methodist Church.  Friends may call from 2 to 8pm Monday in Palmer Funeral Home-Lakeville and one hour before services at the church.

SBT 8/19/2007

WALKERTON – Martha J. “Martie” Guess, 49, residing in Walkerton, passed away after a brief illness at 4:00am on Thursday, August 16, 2007, in the Rush University Medical Center, Chicago.

Martie was born on August 3, 1958, in South Bend, and had been a lifelong area resident.  On August 4, 1984, in South Bend, she married Patrick J. Guess, who survives.  Along with her husband, Patrick, survivors include her daughters, Whitney F. Guess, at home; her father, Howard “Tom” Taylor of Granger; five sisters, Linda (Bob) Stouder of New Carlisle, Vicki (Frank) Maley of Dowagiac MI, Connie (Rick) Quier of Elkhart, Peggy (John) Jones of Bremen and Wendy (Curt) Willis of Elkhart, three brothers, Gary (Jan) Taylor of Mishawaka, Charles Taylor of Mishawaka and Dennis Taylor of Mishawaka.  Also, surviving are 26 nieces and nephew, and 37 great nieces and great nephews.  Martie was preceded in death by her mother, Frances L. (Richards) Taylor, and a brother, Tommy Dee Taylor Sr.

Martie was the owner and operator of the “Guess What Shop,” and antique store in North Liberty.  She was a garage sale fanatic.  Martie was of the United Methodist faith.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Tuesday, August 21, 2007, in the Walkerton United Methodist Church, 1000 Georgia Street, Walkerton.  Rev. Charlene Harris Allen, pastor, will officiate.  Cremation will follow at Southlawn Cremation Services, South Bend.

Friends may visit with the family from 2 to 8pm on Monday, August 20^th, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 314 S. Michigan Street, Lakeville, and one hour prior to services in the church on Tuesday.  Contributions in memory of Martie J. Guess may be donated to the American Cancer Society, 601 W. Edison Road, Mishawaka IN 46545.