Philippe Robert Martinez, age 94, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019. He was born in Muskegon, MI on August,7 1924.

Philippe served his country in the US Marines (Pacific Theater) as a Field Radio Operator, 2 wave Okinawa, 1st wave Saipan, and as part of occupying Japan during WWII. He married the former Kimberely Anne Smith in 1960. Mr. Martinez had been employed as an Engine Assembler for Teledyne Continental Motors for over 40 years until retiring in 1986. Phillippe enjoyed horse shoes, golfing with his brothers, hunting, steelhead & walleye fishing on Big Manistee River. And to him family was everything.