SPOTTSVILLE, Ky.
Marteen VanCleave Higgs, 85, died Monday morning at Redbanks Nursing Center in Henderson.
Surviving are four daughters, Regina Atkins, Jean Williams and Minnie Cobb, all of Henderson, and Sue Burton of Henderson County; two sons, Jack of Henderson and Newt Jr. of Fairmont, Minn.; 18 grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband and two children, Rose Lee VanCleve Atkins and Cpl. Thomas Ira VanCleve.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Benton-Glunt Funeral Home, with burial in Fairmont Cemetery.
Martine married Newton Van Cleve in 1927. Newton (son of Thomas Van Cleve and Maggie M. Massing) was born about 1905 in KY; died on 06 Feb 1975; was buried in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Henderson Co, KY. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Corp. Thomas Ira Van Cleve was born on 30 Jun 1927 in KY; died on 30 Jan 1992; was buried in Mt. Zion General Baptist Church Cemetery, Reed, Henderson Co, KY.
- Regina Van Cleve
- Rose Lee Van Cleve was born on 10 Feb 1930 in Spottsville, Henderson Co, KY; died in 1972.
- Minnie M. Van Cleve
- Newton Van Cleve
- Jack D. Van Cleve
- Jean H. Van Cleve
- Linda Sue Van Cleve was born on 19 Jul 1945 in Henderson Co, KY; died on 23 Dec 2017; was buried in Louisville Memorial Gardens, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY.
Martine married Kerry Higgs. Kerry was born on 28 Jan 1915; died on 13 Oct 1973; was buried in Ridgewood Cemetery, Spottsville, Henderson Co, KY. [Group Sheet]