Martha "Marti" Ann Meader  age 77, of Monticello formerly of Viola, passed away on Friday evening, January 14, 2022 at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness.

Private family service will be held with interment in the Scotch Grove Cemetery. Goettsch Funeral Home has taken Marti and her family into their care.  By visiting Goettschonline.com you may share your thoughts, memories and condolences with Marti's family and sign the online guest book.

Surviving is her husband Robert, 3 children, Tracy (Jon) Zirkelbach, Keli James, James (Holly) Meader, 6 grandchildren; Gennifer (Nate) Schroeder, Nick (Addy) Zirkelbach, Jacob Zirkelbach, Rory Rightmyer, and Aubrianna Martinez, and Emily Meader. 2 great-grandchildren Matthias Martinez and Ida Zirkelbach, her siblings, Phyllis (Dave) Albang, Colleen Haley, Marilyn (Tom) Davis, Ron Hubler. She also had 22 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her mother, Pearl, and siblings, Gene Hubler, Arlene Ford, Margaret Motz, Marjorie Hubler and brother-in-law Wes Haley.

Martha Ann Hubler was born October 3, 1944 in West Branch, Iowa.  She was the daughter of Pearl Heick Hubler.  She attended school in West Branch and graduated from the Tipton Community Schools in 1962. Marti married Robert Meader on November 15, 1963 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The couple lived in Anamosa, Cedar Rapids and Springville before moving to Viola. Marti worked at Collins Radio before she became a full-time mom at home and at a later date she worked as a mail clerk at the Viola Post Office. She was a well-loved resident known for her quick wit at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center since 2011.

Marti was known to be a great conversationalist by all her family and friends. She would sit and have a cup of coffee or a Coke and sit on the porch and talk for hours. Her favorite conversation was anything on the news or talk radio. She was well-known for her love of cooking, especially her cinnamon rolls. Her favorite season was spring and you would always find her tending to her flower beds and huge vegetable garden. She especially enjoyed tulips and lilacs. Marti's sisters and brother remember all those wonderful conversations, she was a caring sister, and all the good belly laughs when they got together.  She will be greatly missed by all of us. Love ya to the moon and back.