Simon Martin

SIMON S. MARTIN IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Simon Spencer Martin, 60, of Idaho Falls, died January 10, 2006, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born November 23, 1945, at Idaho Falls, to Henry and Chloe Packer Martin. He graduated from Idaho Falls High School, and later attended the University of Idaho, where he received a Bachelors Degree in History, and a Juris Doctor Degree in Law. Upon graduation from law school he was commissioned an officer in the United States Army. In addition to his practice of law, he contributed a great deal of time to his personal interests, including acting as managing partner of the family ranch and farm operation. He also contributed to his community by, among other things, spending 10 years on the Idaho Falls Public Library Board between 1980 and 1990, the last few years as chair. He retired as Senior Staff Counsel for the United States Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, in Idaho Falls. Prior to that he had been employed as a Deputy Ada County Prosecuting Attorney in Boise, Idaho, and was a partner in the law firms of Albaugh, Smith, Pike & Martin, and Hansen, Boyle, Beard & Martin, of Idaho Falls. He was admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in the state of Idaho, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, headquartered in San Francisco, and the United States Court of Appeals for The Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court, all seated in Washington, D. C. Survivors include his wife, Delores, of Idaho Falls, a son, Spencer (Emily) Martin, of Moscow, and his sister, Margaret Martin (Keith) Kennedy of Idaho Falls. He was preceded in death by his mother and father. A Visitation will be held in his memory Friday, January 13, 2006, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge, Idaho Falls. The family suggests memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society, 2676 Vista Avenue, Boise, ID 83705. ________________________________________ Condolences sent: Kent Nadauld (gkentnada@cableone.net) Some of my best memories of Simon were the earliest ones when we were students together at East Side Grade School on 14th Street. After school we would often end up at his house, riding his horse in the open fields where the Lowe's store now stands. Frank Keefer had a band of sheep grazing there and we would sit in his sheep camp and listen to his stories of days gone by. I still remember when we hitched the horse to an old wagon and drove to Ivo Jeffries Texaco station to air up the tires. A few years later, Simon drove over to my house one night in his dad's Studebaker -- we were 12 years old. With the seat slid all the way forward and sitting on a pillow to see over the steering wheel, Simon worked the throttle, brake and clutch peddles like a pro as we drove down to the Dairy Queen for root beer floats. We didn't stay long as he had to get back home before his folks returned and found the car missing. Si, you're gone but not forgotten. Always your friend, Kent