TITLE:   Milton T. Martin, Obituary, Nov. 1, 2000

SUBMITTERS:  Exeter Newsletter, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             Exeter, NH (issue Nov 3, 2000 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Jan 2001

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Milton T. Martin 

YORK, Maine - Milton T. Martin, 87, of 301 Long Beach Ave., died Wednesday,
Nov. 1, 2000, in York Hospital. 

He was born Oct. 25, 1913, in Revere, Mass., the son of William and May 
(McCausland) Martin. He had resided in Melrose and Topsfield, Mass., and in 
Winston-Salem and Greenville, N.C., retiring to Maine in 1978. 

He was a 1932 graduate of Revere High School. 

Mr. Martin helped his father bind textbooks for the school system during the 
Depression. He had been employed in the accounting department at Wilson 
Meatpacking in Springfield, Mass. He and his brother worked in the printing 
trades and they installed the first offset printing presses in Vermont at the
Burlington Free Press and at Capitol Offset in Concord. He later took a 
position with Rust Craft Greeting Cards of Dedham, Mass. 

During World War II he received top-secret clearance managing the blueprint 
department for General Electric Co. 

After the war Mr. Martin established the Milton T. Martin Co. of Saugus 
Mass., which he operated from 1945 until 1966 when he purchased the Sea Latch 
Motel in York Beach. He had owned and operated seasonal rental properties on 
Long Sands Beach since 1953. 

He was a former member of the Rotary Club of Saugus. 

He enjoyed traveling and had visited five continents and traveled throughout
the U.S. and Canada. 

He was an avid sports fan, especially of college basketball and the Boston 
Red Sox. 

The widower of Mary (Whittaker) Martin, his wife of 63 years who died in 
1999, he is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Milton T. 
"Sandy" and Edda Martin of Durham, Paul J. Martin of Derry and Dr. Jeffrey E.
and Pam Martin of Windham, Maine; 10 grandchildren; and nine 
great-grandchildren. 

He was predeceased by two brothers and three sisters. 

Calling hours will be held Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Lucas & Eaton 
Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York. 

Funeral services will be held Saturday at noon in the funeral home. Burial 
will be in First Parish Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Milton T. and Mary E.
Martin to the American Cancer Society, N.E. Division, Inc., 52 Federal St.,
Brunswick, ME 04011. 


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