Marlene Ann “Marti” Jahn, 77 of St. Mary’s City, died peacefully in her sleep at her home on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, after a battle with bladder cancer. Born August 25, 1936 in Sauk Rapids, MN, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph Paulson and Kathryn Florence Cornish and sister to her late brothers, Wayne and Donald Paulson. Marti spent her school years in Sauk Rapids where she met her future husband when she was only 11. Upon graduating from Sauk Rapids High School she enlisted in the Air Force. As a young Airman First Class and serving as an X-Ray technician in Biloxi, MS, Marti married her high school sweetheart Jim Jahn on the last day of the year in 1956. With the news of their first child, she received an honorable discharge and happily assumed the role of wife, mother, and backbone to the family. She had a dedicated and fulfilling life for 28 years as a Marine Corps wife and mother to their children. Jim and Marti retired to St. Mary’s in 1983 and soon after started the defense contracting company, Jahn Corporation. She served as President and CEO through its development into the successful small business […]
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