October 27, 1950 – June  16, 1985

Richard drowned accidentally in the Woodward  Reservoir, Rural Oakdale, California the evening of June 16, 1985. At the time of his death, he lived in Merced, California. Richard, a 1969 North St. Paul High School graduate, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is predeceased by his parents, Mary Louise (Anderson) and Elmer Richard Martin, and his brother, Joseph Clarence Martin. His cremains are interred at Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, California.