Martha S Lash , March 25, 1919 — June 30, 2018

Martha Steward Lash, age 99, of Columbus, Ohio (formerly Urbancrest), passed away June 30, 2018. This remarkable woman known to all simply as Aunt Martha, loved and was cherished by many because of her beautiful heart and compassion for all. She was always fond of saying “I have over 200 nieces and nephews and I love them all!

”. Born March 25, 1919 to Edward Steward and Emma Myers Steward in Columbus, Ohio, she is preceded in death by her parents and her husband Wilbert Lash;… Read More » her brother Edward Steward Jr. and her sisters Virgil Steward Hughes, Addie B. Brown, Minnie Steward and Edna Steward; Her nieces Freda Carroll, Almelia Young Steward Scrofulo, Thelma Hughes, Carolyn Hughes Ladd (Richard), Martha Springs (Elbert), Jackalynn (Lafayette) Carroll Hairston, Terri Hairston, and Megan Hughes; nephews Fred Hughes Sr., Fred Hughes Jr., James Middlebrook, Daniel Purnell and Jimmy Kinchen. She is survived by her nephew Gerald Purnell, nieces Ellen Kinchen (Richard) and Karen Purnell; sister-in-law Alma Carter, first cousin James Robert (Ella) Smith and a whole host of great, great-great and great-great-great nieces and nephews as well as special friends she considered family.

She was a 40 year member of TWIG 114, in support of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital and relished the opportunity to not only be of service to her community but to flourish in the life-long friendships forged. After living out loud for 99 years, Aunt Martha has witnessed many technological and cultural revolutions those of her generation never thought possible. Some she whole-heartedly embraced, others she didn’t care much for (i.e. the internet, more specifically social media – she felt like it robbed us of sincere and intimate interaction with our fellow human beings), but through all of that, one thing remained constant…Martha.

She was direct but honest, firm but loving. She was smart and cunning all the while trying to convince us that with only an 8th grade education, she didn’t know much. Spend any time with her and you knew better.

Aunt Martha lived the life she wanted and made the most of the cards dealt to her. We will lament the physical loss but we will forever feel her presence through the love she so freely gave to all of us. She was not a perfect person but she was wonderfully, beautifully and incandescently imperfect and we are all the better for knowing her.

What better Legacy could you leave.

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