I offer my sincere sympathy to you Carol & your family in the loss of your husband.  He was a great friend & neighbor to me, my husband Denny, & our 3 children.  It was so much fun to know you & see our little ones play.  Denny will be gone 10 years in January.  I hope to hear from you some day as I'm still in the Atlanta 29 years in June of 2017.  The last address I had for you was in Las Vegas, & Jim & his new wife are there this week which prompted me to look you up as I wanted him to call & say hello.  I know everyone who knew Marty will miss him.  Love you, Marilyn

Carol I am very sorry to hear of Marty's passing. He was a great friend! We shared many a fun time together both at USU and after. I still have the bottle of Champaign that you guys sent me for my 50th birthday. I pray that you and the kids are doing okay. Very Sincerely, Bruce Jackson

I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your loved one.  May the hope of everlasting life sustain and comfort you during this difficult time. (John 17:3)

Memories of playing games in the summer, snowball fights and sledding in the winter and all kinds of fun while we grew up together.  Eating lunch together at Stoker School.  Taking short cuts on the way home.  Catching a large Red Tail Hawk and carrying it to a place to let it go. giving him piggy back rides.

Carol and Family - How great the last 15 years of friendship with Marty and Carol have been, Class of'58 50th reunion facilitator (I couldn't have done it without him), card playing (champion hand & foot player), golf, advice, and always a hug. When an important decision had to be made we would ask ourselves "what would Marty do?". We love you.
Gary & Lois O'Brien

 I was marty's neighbor and friend. Marty and i shared  a desire to play fast golf and early:) I am going to miss our mornings and evenings when i would take my dog boomer out and there was marty with his dogs.  I always respected and admired how marty lived his life.  He built an amazing life, and loving family. I want to express my sorrow to Carol and family. This is a man i respect and did things the way we are all supposed to, knowing this we can all have comfort knowing he is in the presence of God.

Carol, Shirley & I have many fond memories of our good times with you both, and our thoughts & prayers are for you as we share your sorrow.  We'll all miss him.  Rex

What a blessing it was to call Marty (and Carol) neighbors. I've never had a neighbor I looked forward to seeing so much. Marty always had an encouraging word and a spring in his step. He was genuinely interested in how you were doing. He invested in our boys and our family. Nothing was better than sitting on the back porch and talking politics with Marty. Marty, we love you dearly. You have blessed the Steele family and we look forward to seeing you again.

So sorry for your loss.  Only knew Marty on the tennis court. he was always a gentleman and a very good player.

Carol & family:

Lauren and I send our deepest condolences to you and your family.  Lauren and I have lost a true friend.  Me personally I not only lost a friend, but a mentor; someone that I looked up to.  Today is a very sad day and I want you to know our thoughts are with you.

Bruce

We are all saddened  to hear of Martys death ... He was a Great guy ... he was very good to all of us and I am proud to consider him a freind .....  Carol if there is anything we can do please let me know ... Scott  and the entire Seat Cover Co team....

I always enjoyed working with Marty on the high school reunions class of 58, he had such a way to get things done, Karen and I send our condolence's

Carol:  Sorry to read about Marty death.  Our condolences go to you and your family.  He was a good friend, co worker and fraternity brother.  Merlin judkins

Marty was a great man very good heart he will be missed

I am sorry to hear of Marty's passing. I missed seeing him at our last c
Lass reunion and wondered why he was not there because I don't think he ever missed one.
My deepest sympathy and condolences to his family. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Roland Porter (a friend)

We are so sad to hear of Marty's passing.  He was a very special man who knew how to make other people feel special.  Even though we didn't know him long or even very well, we are going to miss him alot.  Our thoughts are with you and your family.

Marty always made me feel special.  As soon as he saw you, his face seemed to light up and make it feel like he was genuinely interested in you... what you had to say, how you were.  He (and Carol) are the best neighbors ever.
And, I didn't even know him that long or that well.  As sad as I feel, I can only imagine that his family and long term friends are feeling.  There is a big whole in the universe.  Our thoughts are with you.
Mary (and Rob) McClain

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Martin R Ricks

September 11, 1939 – October 18, 2016

Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary

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