Martha Stuber Griffith, age 90, long-time resident of Cincinnati and recently of LaGrange; beloved wife of the late Edgar L. Griffith; loving mother of E.Lee Griffith III (Karla) & Sara Griffith Adducci; proud grandmother of Lindsay (Damon) Yasseri, Andrea (Adam) Caler, Mallory (David) Fuentes, Maria Adducci, Alexa Adducci, & Rachel Adducci; great-grandmother of Hadley & Leverett Fuentes and Canyon Caler; dear sister of Richard (Martha) Stuber; pre-deceased by loving parents Emmett “Abe” & Dorothy Stuber; beloved aunt, in-law and friend to many.

Martha was a coach’s daughter and grew up in Cape Girardeau, Mo. When her father transferred as head football coach to Iowa State University, she attended high school there where she met the love of her life, Ed.  She attended ISU to be where her father coached, and her future husband was also attending.  She has many lifelong friends from these years of life that she kept up with throughout her life.

After Ed and Martha were married, she had a stint as a navy wife and had her two children, Lee and Sara.  Soon after, Ed and Martha spent most of their lives in Cincinnati Ohio with Ed working with Procter & Gamble and Martha teaching, tutoring and raising their children.

The main event was when our father brought home a snipe sailboat (instead of a car) which started a long love of sailing and racing sailboats. During that time with P&G, they spent 4 years living in Japan and traveling throughout Asia and the Pacific region. They were huge Cincinnati Bengals fans, and Martha was an almost 50-year season ticket holder. A widow for 30 years, Martha continued the tradition, still going to games up to her late 80s.  She also continued the amazing travel adventures and trips sometimes with family or friends and sometimes bravely on her own. She just recently moved to La Grange to be near her daughter, Sara, which she will always treasure.

The following by her granddaughter Maria:
Grandma Martha packed a lot of life into her 90 years on earth. She traveled the world, lived in Japan with her husband (Grandpa Edgar), sailed the world, survived breast cancer, was a special education teacher and fierce advocate for her students, collected beautiful art, ate lots of sushi, (she taught me how good a rainbow roll is), was constantly reading (in a book club for most of her adult life), made strong and delicious cocktails, soaked in the Siesta Key, FL sunshine, enjoyed a good ice cream cone, cheered on the Cincinnati Bengals at countless games, entertained countless friends and family, and was never shy to speak her mind. I loved her generous heart, sassy side, and how she valued her independence. ❤️ She would tell us “Love you more” every time we saw her. Love YOU more, G-Ma! You are SO missed and SO loved.

Visitation 2 p.m. until time of Celebration of Life, 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 at Hallowell & James Funeral Home, 1025 W. 55th St., Countryside. Interment will take place on a future date at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Martha’s name to Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (http://www.info-komen.org/goto/Martha_Griffith) or to Cincinnati Bengal player’s, Sam Hubbard Foundation (https://www.samhubbardfoundation.com/) that serves to bring equitable access to food, education, and a healthy lifestyle to greater Cincinnati children and schools are greatly appreciated.

Funeral information: (708) 352-6500