move in with the Martins while he attended Pine Valley University. She hoped his presence would calm Joe and Ruth down enough to speak with each other. Joe lay near death when he was struck with appendicitis. By his bedside, Kate witnessed Ruth and Joe reconcile. All the Martins came together for the long anticipated Christmastime wedding of Tara and Phil. When Ruth and Joe learned they were expecting a child, everyone rejoiced. Ruth was concerned over the dangers to the child because of her advanced age. Kate calmed her fears, telling her to wait for test results before making any assumptions about the baby’s health. All the tests indicated that she was going to have a perfectly healthy child. That Christmas, Joseph "Joey" Martin, Jr. was born. Kate caught Tad stealing money from her sugar bowl. Kate confronted him and he admitted he was going to use the cash to buy drugs. His erratic behavior only increased. When he accidentally crashed the family station wagon, Tad decided to run away from home, breaking Kate’s heart. Kate was taking care of Joey when he found Ruth’s gun. She had bought it to protect herself from Ray. Joey accidentally shot Kate, not knowing the gun was real. Luckily, the wound was not life-threatening. The accident convinced Ruth to get rid of the gun and not live in fear of Ray’s return. But Ray was able to manage an early parole. Kate was able to intervene when he came to the Martin home to confront Ruth. That New Year’s Eve, Greg Nelson rushed into the home claiming Ray had planted a bomb to explode under the Martin home. At that moment, an explosion occurred outside. Ray had run away with the bomb after learning his daughter, Jenny Gardner, was staying over at the Martin home. The Martins welcomed Tad back to Pine Valley. Her final scenes aired on April 30, 1985, in which she was seen cooking some stew for her grandson, Tad. On the night of July 15–16, 1985, Kate died in her sleep. All of the Martins returned to say farewell to their beloved matriarch. External links Kate Martin from soapcentral.com Martin, Katherine "Kate" Television characters introduced in 1970