Dates
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beautiful Marti Jolene Vidovich. Marti was called to Heaven on October 25, 2024, at the age of 35.
Marti is survived by her beloved husband Andrew P. Viodovich, II, her children Makenzie Yaddow Vidovich, 14, Grayson D. Schlotter, 9, and Andrew P. Vidovich, III, 4, and family dog Ollie Boy. Marti was born to mother, Brenda M. MacNabb and father Edward R. Gentry, and raised by Jay R. Bates and Alan R. MacNabb.
Martis blended family includes Gentry, Bates, and MacNabb and for everyone who knows Marti, it took a village (and then some) to raise her. The village that Marti leaves behind encompasses so many of you, along with the Gandy, Schlotter, Lavin, Goins, and Moyer families.
As we honor Marti today, we ask that you remember all of the joy and love she brought to our lives. Remember Marti, with all of her vibrance, her smile, her contagious laugh, and her ability to make anyone and everyone feel like the most special person in the world.
Remember Marti, a beautiful unique soul who brought so many of us together.
Marti was committed to her family and to her faith and cherished making memories for her children. She had a true gift for spontaneity and made every activity exciting, like going on adventures, having family cooking nights and decorating their home together over the holidays. She strived to always ensure that each member of her beloved family woke up feeling safe and secure, with smiles on their faces and love in their hearts.
Marti overcame so much in her life and channeled all of those experiences and life lessons into helping others as a youth counselor, selflessly supporting those who had been where she once was. She gave back in every way she could, sharing so much love and compassion with the world and with those who needed her most.
Marti means so much to so many of us, she was truly a remarkable woman. She is one in a million and we are so lucky and blessed that she is and will always be a part of us. Despite all of the challenges she faced she always emerged with an impossibly annoying yet heart melting zest and love for life. We can all aspire to match her resilience, and in honor of Marti we have chosen the word Resilient as a way to remember her.
That is our word for you, Marti: Resilient.