Funeral for Martha Racine Delashaw, 95, of Moulton will be today at 2 p.m. at Elliott Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Darryl Wood and Dr. Jesse Reeder officiating. Burial will be in Moulton Memory Gardens. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Miss Delashaw, who died Saturday, January 7, 2012, was born on May 1, 1916, in Lawrence County to Nable Edward Delashaw and Alma Elizabeth Bragg Delashaw. Racine was in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945 before settling in Birmingham where she had a long and successful career as a secretary for U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company. She was an active member of Ruhama Baptist Church and was a volunteer for the Salvation Army where she made crafts throughout the year. Her favorites were the numerous Christmas ornaments she made and shared with family. Miss Delashaw moved back home to Moulton after retiring to spend time with family and friends. She was a member of Moulton Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents; sister, Sarah Nell Krenkel; brother-in-laws, Andrew Krenkel Sr., John P. Caspers and Millard J. Jackson.
Survivors include her sisters, Elizabeth Caspers and Edwina Jackson, both of Moulton; nephews, Andrew Krenkel Jr. and wife, Nancy, of Destin, Florida, Charles E. Krenkel and wife, Yvonne, of Cullman, John E. Caspers and wife, Gay, of Alabaster, J. Ronald Caspers and wife, Stephanie, of Joppa and Robert W. Caspers and wife, DiAnne, of Decatur; nieces, Candace J. Martin and husband, Delbert Woodley of Somerville and Cynthia A. Jackson of Hartselle; and several great and great-great nieces and nephews.
The family would like to give special thanks for the loving care from NHC Healthcare, Hospice of the Valley, Dr. Robert Wagner and Dr. Charles Coffey.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to the Salvation Army, Moulton Baptist Church or Hospice of the Valley.