MARTIN CLEMENT DARWIN (DENNY) Born in Pittsburgh, May 21, 1925 and expired peacefully in Sun City Center, Florida on June 7, 2013. He was born the second son of four sons to Clement and Alma Martin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Kiski preparatory high school and was an outstanding football player and captain of the football team during his senior year. During World War II he was in the V 12 program in the U.S. Navy, a three-year intensive year-round program of engineering and military training. This program was designed to train naval officer /engineers. He served on the cruiser USS Denver during World War II in the Pacific theater. He reached the rank of ensign and was honorably discharged from the service following the end of World War II. After the war he returned and entered the construction business in Pittsburgh and worked with his father at Clement Martin, Inc. a general construction firm in Pittsburgh. Later at the end of a long and successful construction career he was Project Manager and supervised the construction of Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. He retired from the construction business and became the curator of the Carnegie Mellon Museum in Pittsburgh. In 1988, after the death of his loving mother, Alma, who he cared for dearly and lovingly, he moved to Florida. He lived happily in Florida the last 25 years of his life enjoying golf, traveling and visiting with his family and many Florida friends; He is survived by his brother, Richard Martin M.D.; his wife, Bonnie of Hamilton, Ohio. Richard's family includes: Mark and Peggy Martin of Seabrook Texas, Michelle and James McDulin of Seabrook, Texas and Melissa and Andrew Schulz of Greenwood Village, Colorado; his brother, Edwin Martin, (who proceeded him in death) has five children, Debby (Mark) Pusenelli of Illinois, Linda (Danny) Trusilo of Maryland, Cindy (Tom) Pezzi , Tom (Sandy ) Martin, and George (Megan) Martin of Pittsburgh; his brother, Arthur Martin, (who proceeded him in death) has one child Michael (Jan) and their children all reside in Orlando , Florida. The family will like to extend our deepest appreciation to Clement's (Denny) friends Ed Lucker, Bill Odell, and Sally Carrill for taking such good care of him and being there at the end. There is a memorial service planned for July 13, 2013 in the Pittsburgh area. Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb
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