Martha Jean (Clifton) Cary passed away peacefully on February 1, 2021 in Johnson City, Tennessee.
She was born in Gering, Nebraska on February 19th, 1930. She was always a gifted student who was affectionately called Marty by her classmates. She graduated as the Valedictorian in her class at Cedar Valley High School. In the summers Marty enjoyed working as a lifeguard at the local pool and playing catcher on the softball team. She then went to school at Nebraska Wesleyan University where she was active in the Delta Zeta Sorority. Marty always had an adventurous spirit and after graduation she traveled to Alaska to teach school to indigenous children when Alaska was still an American territory. Later, she moved to Denver and earned a Master s Degree in Library Science from The University of Denver. She began working as a librarian in the Denver Public Schools at Grant Junior High. While attending the Trinity United Methodist Church in Denver she met Donald Robert Cary and they fell