Abner Martin, owner of Riverdel Farm near Atwood where he bred Charolais and Holsteins, has died. He was 84.
He was best known for music, including formation of the Menno Singers and Mennonite Mass Choir. He won many awards related to his interest in music, taught at the University of Waterloo and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and held music degrees from the University of Toronto and Eastman School of Music at Rochester, New York.
His farm received the Conservation Award from the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Waterloo Mennonite Church on Benjamin Road at the northern edge of Waterloo near the St. Jacobs Market and Ontario Livestock Exchange.
