Jerry Dale Martin completed his life on earth Friday, April 6, 2018. He was born July 9, 1938 in Salt Lake City, UT, as the second of five children to Dale Alexander and Elinor Young Martin.  As a child, his family moved to Richland, WA. He graduated from Columbia High School in 1956 as the student body president. He attended Ricks College for two years and then went to Brigham Young University where he played baseball and earned his degree in Industrial Management. He married Dee Brimhall in 1961; they had four children and were later divorced. Jerry married Lee Carl in 1980. He was employed by General Electric at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation until 1968. He then became a start-up engineer for GE International starting with the GKN plant in Holland. He went on to manage start-up operations of nuclear power plants in Illinois (Dresden 2), Connecticut (Millstone), Alabama (Browns Ferry), and Switzerland (Mühleberg). One highlight of his career was in 1984 when as the start-up engineer at WNP-2 (known today as the Columbia Generating Station) the plant entered commercial operation and started producing electricity. Jerry enjoyed an active life that included swimming, boating, waterskiing, snow skiing, basketball, volleyball, and traveling. In his retirement years, he continued to enjoy sports as a spectator and loved being outdoors gardening and doing yard work. Jerry was known for his keen intellect, his graciousness, and his gentle, kind nature. He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Arlene Klingler.  He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Lee Martin, his siblings, Sherrie Etherington, David Martin, Pam (Gary) Baird, his children, Cindy (Mario) Jimerson, Elaine (Edwin) Shepherdson, Cheryl (Kary) Fuller, Suzanne Martin (Kristin Wulfestieg), 21 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. He was a life-long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at the Richland LDS Chapel at 1720 Thayer Drive. A private graveside service will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.