Martha Ann Bartle

1935 - 1979  (43 years)

• Name	Martha Ann Bartle
  Born	14 Aug 1935	Utica, Oneida, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1940	, Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, USA   [3]
  Died	1 Apr 1979	Vail, Eagle, Colorado, USA   [1]
  	Murdered by her 2nd husband
  Buried	Utica, Oneida, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I20927	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Rudolph Bartle,   b. Abt 1894, Virginia
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Bartle,   b. Abt 1900, New York, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ross Allan Parkinson,   b. 16 Apr 1936, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 2016, Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1956	New Hartford, New York, USA
  Children	1. Debra Ann Parkinson   2. Mark Parkinson   3. Greg Parkinson   4. Pamela Susan Parkinson
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F7051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	13 Aug 1962	Nevada, USA   [4]
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F8043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Peter Strohecker,   b. 25 Jul 1925, Utica, Oneida, New York, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1979, Vail, Eagle, Colorado, USA  (Age 53 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1963	New Hartford, Oneida, New York, USA
  Children	1. Kimberly Lee Strohecker,   b. 1963,   d. 2013  (Age 50 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F8017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Martha was first married to Ross Parkinson with whom she had four children in Utica, New York, USA. They split up around 1962 and Ross moved to Sweden. He did not provide any financial support for Martha and their four children after he left the country. Martha then married secondly on 12 Aug 1962 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, to Peter Strohecker who was from Utica, New York, USA. They had a daughter, Kimberly, a year later. They settled in Evergreen, Colorado, USA. Peter adopted Martha's four children from her first marriage. By 1979, Martha and Peter were estranged and she had a restraining order against him. He pursued her and her companion and killed his estranged wife and himself. --------------- "In April 1979, Peter Strohecker, 53, shot his estranged wife, Martha, 53, and her companion, Tom Green, 54, at the intersection of Vail and Willow roads. Martha Strohecker, who was shot twice, died, while Green, who was shot once in the stomach, survived. Peter Strohecker shot and killed himself moments after the shooting. The Stroheckers were from Evergreen, and Green was from Arvada. Martha Strohecker and Tom Green had come to Vail for a weekend of skiing. They were retuning to their hotel after dinner and an evening of dancing when they were confronted by Peter Strohecker. An argument ensued, and Peter Strohecker fired two shots into the pavement before turning the gun on his wife and then Green. Strohecker was under a restraining order to stay away from his wife, police said. The court required him to give up his gun, but he apparently bought another before coming to Vail, police said." (vaildaily.com/news/last-vail-murder-was-in-1979/)

  
  

• Sources

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