Elizabeth M. Martin

Passed away at Marywood Nursing Home on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at the age of 85. Elizabeth was born in Belfast, Ireland on May 13, 1928, the daughter of David and Ellen ( nee Clendenning ) McDowell. At the age of nine months the family left Ireland to settle in the United States. For over twenty years she worked for the law firm Butzel & Long in Detroit as a legal secretary then in the legal department of Oakwood Hospital. Family came first for Elizabeth yet in her free times she loved to shop and at a younger age loved to play tennis. She was always dressed to the " 9's " and especially so when she was out with her friends. Elizabeth has lived in the Northville - Plymouth area for the last ten years and attended Northville Christian. Her husband Jack preceded her in death and Elizabeth is survived by her children, John ( Debbie ) Martin and Nancy ( Bryon ) Causey and grandchildren Rachel Martin and Cameron Noland. A Memorial Gathering and service will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at the Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, 280 South Main Street, Plymouth. Visitation will begin at 2 pm and the memorial service will follow at 4 pm.