Gerald Martz, Sr.

Gerald Benjamin Martz, Sr., 84, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed from this life on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Born on May 5, 1930, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Benjamin D. and Lucy A. (Kline) Martz.

He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during the Korean War.

Gerald was employed as a Milk Truck Driver on a rural pickup route for Bob Lakin, and also has worked as a driver and dispatcher at Conservit.  He retired in 1996.

He was a lifetime member of the Dixon-Troxell American Legion Post 211 in Funkstown.

He is survived by his wife, Doris L. (Shockey) Martz; two daughters, Teresa A. Keefer and husband Randy, and Pamela S. Kline and husband Gary, all of Hagerstown; three sons, Gerald B. Martz, Jr. of Hagerstown, Ricky L. Martz and wife Sharon of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, and Clark L. Martz and wife Julie of Williamsport, Maryland; and one brother, James H. Martz and wife Vivian of Keedysville.  He is also survived by twenty grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Betty Lee Martz; two brothers, John L. and Eugene A. Martz; one granddaughter, Stacy Jones; and one great granddaughter, Scarlett Keefer.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 16, 2015, at the Bast-Stauffer Funeral Home, 7606 Old National Pike in Boonsboro.  Rev. Jack C. Payne, Jr. will officiate.  Final resting place ceremonies will follow at the Boonsboro Cemetery with military honors rendered by the Clopper-Michael American Legion Post 10 from Boonsboro.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, February 15, 2015, at the funeral home.