Leonard "Shakey" Martin

Leonard Martin -- BradleyVisitation for Leonard "Shakey" Martin, 84, of Bradley, will be from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Clancy-Gernon-Hertz Funeral Home, west Kankakee. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bradley. The Rev. Tony Nugent will officiate.Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Bourbonnais. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Joseph Grade School or to Hospice of Kankakee Valley. He died Sunday (June 10, 2007) at his home.Mr. Martin was a partner in S&M Gas Service for 40 years. He was a Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School board member from 1954 to 1963 and a Bourbonnais Township Assessor from 1961 to 1965. He began serving on the Kankakee County Board in 1972, where he served as board chairman from 1998 to 2000. He was born Dec. 1, 1922, in Bradley, the son of Dolar E. and Laurette Mailloux Martin. His first wife, the former Mary Mayotte, whom he married June 14, 1947, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, died March 4, 1970. He was a graduate of BBCHS and attended the University of Illinois and the University of Oregon. He was a member of the Bradley-Bourbonnais High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a staff sergeant in the European Theatre. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, where he was a greeter; former president of the Holy Name Society; former president of St. Joseph Parish Board; and member of the St. Joseph school board. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Moose, the Elks, the Bradley American Legion Post 766 and VFW Post 6502, and a founding member of the Bradley Lions Club. He loved golfing, playing bridge, and ballroom dancing with his wife. He was an avid Cubs fan.Surviving are his wife, the former Theresa Grill DuBois, whom he married July 20, 1984, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bradley; five daughters and sons-in-law, Emily Sue and Christopher Clott of Chicago, Deborah and Andrew Bissonnette of Horicon, Wis., Michelle and Donald Tobin of Chicago, Jennifer and Michael Broadway of Marquette, Mich., Lisa and Norman Styck of Grand Haven, Mich.; two stepsons and stepdaughters-in-law, Gregory and Camille DuBois of Scottsdale, Ariz., Thomas and Kim DuBois of Spring Grove; one stepdaughter and stepson-in-law, Mary and Randy Blanchette of Manteno; 21 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Dolores Smith of Kankakee, Marilyn Johanson of Ocala, Fla., Claudia Blake Jones and Jerry Jones of Bourbonnais; two brothers, Richard Martin of Bear Creek, Ala., Paul Martin of Jackson, Mich.; and several nieces and nephews.Deceased are two sisters, Theresa Devine, and infant, Shirley; one infant brother, Albert; one stepdaughter, Jacqueline DuBois; and one stepson, James DuBois.

Leonard "Shakey" Martin

December 1, 1922 - June 10, 2007