Wahkiakum Co. Eagle-October 1995 MARTIN, Elma L. Died in Spokane. She was born in Astoria to George and Ebba Sorensen. Her grandparents were Chris and Ella Sorensen and H. P. and Margaret Ahlberg, pioneer families in the Grays River valley. She loved to fish and ride horseback. She worked in the office of the Lower Columbia dairy and for Farmers Insurance in Portland. She was a 65 year member of the Grange. She married Wayne Martin in 1946 and they had two children. They moved to Spokane in 1955 and lived there until her death. Elma Lucine (Sorensen) Martin Spokane, Washington Death 16 Nov 1916-02 Oct 1995 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2005 from original newspaper collection.)