07/11/2025
Her work definitely influenced my parenting style and desire to do this work -- RIP 💔
Hello everyone. Matthew here (one of Dr. Bill and Martha’s sons). I am greatly saddened to share that our precious Mom has passed away. Martha had lived with a chronic lung disease for most of her life, and in recent years it had taken an increasingly harder toll on her health. On June 28th, Martha passed away peacefully in her sleep.
Her home has been filled to the brim with kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids this past week as we have been spending a beautiful time together celebrating her incredible life and legacy. We’ve been reflecting on all the lessons that she taught us kids through her example of what it means to be a parent, lessons which she also loved to share with so many others through her teaching and writing. She often referred to this as her ministry – a ministry that now lives on through each of us kids, as well as through each and every one of you who she impacted in so many ways.
Thank you all for the outpouring of love our family has already received. We have been so comforted by the beautiful and inspiring memories of Martha's impact on countless families around the world. To the world she was known as Nurse Martha, childbirth educator, lactation consultant, attachment parenting advocate, author, and soulmate to Dr. Bill for 60 years.
To us kids, she was simply Mom.
We love you, Mom. Thank you for everything.
