April 18, 1934 – March 31, 2013
Myron T. “Marty” Martin, 78, peacefully slipped away with his wife at his bedside at their home in Salem. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Marty was born in Eugene to Leo T. and Eileen F. (Thomson) Martin, descendants of early Ore-gon pioneers, Fayette and Marie (Tewksbury) Thomson who settled in the Willamette Valley in 1852.
He graduated from Eugene High School…