Background
Marttila, Joan Dorothy was born on August 12, 1950 in Watertown, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Vernon Hamilton Lois Geanette (Eastberg) Marttila.
Marttila, Joan Dorothy was born on August 12, 1950 in Watertown, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Vernon Hamilton Lois Geanette (Eastberg) Marttila.
Student, South Dakota State University, 1971. Bachelor of Science, University South Dakota, 1972. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1974.
Audiologist Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency 9, Bettendorf, Iowa, since 1974. Clinical associate University Iowa, Iowa City, 1984-1986, supervisor, summers 1976, 77.
Chairman education commission Broadview United Methodist Church, Bettendorf, since 1983, local lay speaker. Member American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (committee member 1979-1981), Iowa Speech-Language-Hearing Association (vice president standards and ethics 1983-1985, 85-87), Quad Cities Speech and Hearing Association (president 1981-1983).
Married Richard Duncan Gast, April 22, 1978. Children: James, Kristen.