E. Martin Rhodes, 81, died Sept. 27 at Salem Home in Hillsboro.  

A funeral service was Friday at Mennonite Brethren Church in Hillsboro. The family held a private interment.  

Family members received guests Thursday at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church.  

Rhodes was born July 18, 1935, to George and Ruth (Boydston) Rhodes in Lindsay, Oklahoma.

He married Fran McKinzie May 29, 1955, in Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma.  

Survivors include wife, Fran of Hillsboro; daughters, Sherrie Lovato of Amarillo, Texas, Donna Fadenrecht of Hillsboro, and Janet Jones of Houston; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Memorials have been established with Kids Connection.