Martell Marler is the husband of Mary Alice Lemmon and the father of Allen Oliver, Dean Martell, Don LeRoy, and Sharleen. He was born 27 October 1900, in Teton, Fremont, Idaho. He was one of nine children. He was the third child. The photos above are, from top to bottom, Rigby Idaho High School graduation, young father about 1925, and an executive in a bank about 1956. Martell was known as "Marty" by his family and friends. He died on 3 March 1959 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Marty was a devout fisherman and spent many summer weekends in Swan Valley, Idaho on Rainey Creek. His love of Rainey creek was passed on to his sons, Allen, Dean and Don. This love was then passed on to his grandsons, who still like to go fishing on Rainey Creek.
Marty's first job was as a worker in his father's furniture store in Rigby. His Father Allen Green Marler had a desire to own a number of furniture stores so that each of his boys would have a place of employment. The depression of the 20's and 30's caused him to lose his stores and the boys had to find other employment. The store where Marty worked in Rigby had a mortuary in the basement he and his brothers were called upon to sometimes bring bodies to the mortuary. This experience was not liked at all by Marty and so he decided he didn't want to be a mortician.
He worked as a teller in the American National Bank in Rigby and later the family moved to Idaho Falls where he worked in the bank there and he progressed in the bank until he became a vice president in the bank. He was well respected in banking circles in Eastern Idaho. He worked with and helped many dry farmers in the area with their financial affairs. Many farmers would always seek his help when they needed loans for their crops.
He was a member of the Idaho Falls Idaho Lion's Club and served as the secretary. He attended a Banking school at Rutgers University in the East.
Martell was a devoted employee of the banks in which he worked. He often said that when he was offered raise in salary that he wasn't worth it and sometimes refused a raise. (This is according to his wife , Alice).
Don and Jan were blessed by his generosity in supporting them as they attended dental school in Portland Oregon.
He had a heart attack in 1949 and never fully recovered from that. He experienced pain and discomfort for many years and then in 1960 while he was in Mesa Arizona, he suffered another attack and died on March 3, 1960. He and Alice were spending the winter there. He is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Idaho Falls Idaho.
