Stacy Martin dies Sunday
Stacy Martin, of East Brady, died Sunday, Oct. 15 in hospice care due to complications from cancer, according to her husband, Denny Martin. She was 42.
Stacy Martin was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in 2019, after spots showed up in other parts of her body, including her lungs and liver.
Stacy Martin is the mother of Mason Martin, the Karns City football player who was injured in September and continues to receive care while unconscious.
Stacy Martin’s daughter, McKenna Martin, said although her mom endured a lot of suffering, she still thought of others first.
“My mom constantly put others before herself, even when she needed the most help,” McKenna said in a social media post Sunday. “She was loved by so many, and I can guarantee that the world will never be the same without her.”
Since 2019, Karns City Area School District students and organizations have rallied behind Martin, hosting fundraisers in her honor, to raise money to help cover her medical expenses.
The soccer team, which McKenna was on, had a fundraiser in 2022 that raised $3,600 for her treatments by gathering donations and selling T-shirts; a sale that led up to the team’s annual Pink-Out game.
Stacy Martin said at the time her cancer had spread to almost all parts of her body, and the support she and her family received from the Karns City school community was uplifting.
“It is amazing that they did this,” Stacy Martin said in 2022. “The first time I went through treatment I worked through it, but now I can’t work. It was their idea to do this.”
Denny Martin has provided updates via Facebook throughout Mason’s treatment over the past month-and-a-half, and occasionally asked people to keep his wife in their thoughts and prayers, in addition to their son.
McKenna said during her soccer team’s fundraising period last year that her mom continued to be positive throughout her challenging cancer treatments. In her post Sunday, she said she passed that quality on to her children.
“She fought to the very end. She could’ve quit ages ago, but she didn’t and she’s passed that fighting spirit on to so many others, including her boy, Mason,” McKenna said. “Her suffering is over, and she can rest now.”
