MARTIN, Alexander Joseph

Passed peacefully away on October 17, 2021 at Tiffany Village. Alex was born in St. John’s in 1931,

to Jack & Frances (Manning) Martin, the second of eleven children and predeceased by his

wife Mary (nee Carroll) in 2003. He is lovingly remembered by his six children: John (Karyn Tucker), Regina (John Maguire), Edmund (Mary Lou Browne), Ellen (Philip Cook), Alex (Constance Ryan) and Marie (Leslie Budden). He was devoted to his sixteen grandchildren, John (Tina), Daniel (Jill), Alexander & Susan (Justin); Ian & Kathleen (Matthew); Jeff, Paul (Katy), Sean (Jane) & David (Anneliese); Matthew, Heather & Peter; Samantha (Robert), Stephanie & Michael. He was Great Grandfather to: Ryan, Connor, Liam, Alexander,

Karolina, Harriett, Annie, Will, Juliana, & Theodore. Alex is predeceased by brothers: Jim, Gerard & Larry & sisters Carmel Stevenson & Madonna Peterson. Left to mourn are brothers, John (Emma), Steve (Mary), sisters, Marie (Jerry Jurgens), Geraldine (Cyril Russell) & Annette (Bud Coultas). Also left to mourn are his sisters-in-law: Catherine, Peggy & Bernice Martin and his wife’s sisters, Teresa Maccormac & Vera Rowe. Over his career, Alex worked as a Hospital Executive Director in four provinces including The Central Newfoundland Hospital in Grand Falls Windsor from 1967 - 1978. In 1985 he & his wife Mary started an Upjohn Home Care business in St. John’s that they operated until retirement. Alex is a past president of the Newfoundland Hospital Association, a Fellow of the American College of Hospital Administrators, a Fellow and Board of Regents Member of

the American Academy of Medical Administrators, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health. He was a member of the St. John’s Curling Club, a volunteer at the Gathering Place and a proud member of the Knights of Columbus. We are very grateful to the staff of Tiffany Village where he has resided for the last six years and always received loving & professional care. Thank you to Dr. Amanda Coleman, Dr. Roger Butler & Denise Cahill N.P. for his medical care over several years. A Mass of Christian burial was held from St. Pius X Church on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Internment took place at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Donations in his memory can be made to The Gathering Place, St. John’s or Lionel Kelland Hospice Centre, Grand Falls-windsor.

Lovingly remembered, forever missed.