Martha Jane Kukura

BOARDMAN – Martha Jane Kukura, 86, passed away peacefully but by herself on July 21, 2020 at Hampton Woods because of her positive Covid diagnosis.  

Martha was born on February 5, 1934 in Tiffin, Ohio, a daughter of the late Glen and Ruth Drum Deitelbach.

Martha went to Leavittsburg High School. She worked for Packard Electric until she had her children. Then ran Twintronics with her husband until retiring in 2003.

Martha loved playing bingo and never missed an opportunity to play. She spent time with her family and loved playing games with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Martha was famous for her delicious Sunday soup. Everyone looked forward to Sunday dinners with the whole family. She will be deeply missed by her family.  

She leaves behind to cherish her memories, her son, John (Colleen) Kukura of Boardman, her daughter-in-law, Michelle Kukura, grandchildren Laura (Chris) Boyles, John Kukura, Justin Kukura, Samantha (Dan) Best, and Candace (Russ) Dunn, her great grandchildren, Emma & Grace Boyles and Madalyn, Marleah, Payden, & Frank Dunn, sister, Sandy Crevier, brother, Gary Dietelbach, and her sisters-in-law, Phyllis Dietelbach & Ann Kukura, as well as many nieces and nephews.   

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Frank J. Kukura Jr., whom she married February 4, 1956 and who passed away April 3, 2005, her son, Frank Kukura III, her siblings and their spouses, Dorothy & Andy Sherosky, Bill Dietelbach, Glenna & Ted Deal, and Steve Kukura, and her brother-in-law, George Crevier.  

Private memorial services will be held and her cremated remains will be entombed at Calvary Cemetery.

Martha was entrusted to the Kubina Yuhasz Wasko Funeral Home. Please visit www.waskofamily.com to send the family condolences.

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