Tipton, Iowa Martha Aaron Maxson, 93, formerly of Iowa City died Friday July 18, 2008 at Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton following a long illness. Graveside services will be held 11 A.M. Monday July 21, 2008 at the Springdale Cemetery, rural West Branch. Visitation will be held Monday from 9 A.M. until 10:45 A.M. at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. Memorials may be made to Camp Courageous or Cedar Manor. Martha was born March 4, 1915 in Albany, Kentucky the daughter of Lewis and Angie Brown Aaron. In her earlier years she had worked for the Hoover Hotel in West Branch, Linley Nursing Home in Iowa City and retired from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City after 28 years. On March 6, 1964 she was united in marriage to Archie Maxson. Survivors include two children: Carl (Linda) Luedeman of Kahoka, Missouri and Carolyn Lang of Tipton. Two grandsons, three great grandsons and one great great grandson,Two sisters: Lena Aaron Rohlf of Tipton and Evelyn Aaron Simonson of Spencer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Husband Archie, Two sisters Lillian Thomson and Eva Bouschlicher, Grandson Tim Lang and a son-in-law John C. Lang.