In Loving Memory
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Mark MartinezReno, NV Parents: Siblings: Click here to view photo gallery |
In Loving Memory of Mark Martinez 8/30/1983 ~ 04/30/2005
I lost my son Mark, AKA Teeny April 30, 2005. It was sudden and without warning. He was 21 and in college. He went to a party and someone gave him 1 Methadone pill. He went to sleep and never woke up the next day. His cousin was getting married and he didn't show up to the wedding. After the wedding, I called his cell phone and someone from the hospital answered his phone and told us he was there we needed to come right away. They pronounced him dead about 3 minutes before we arrived. We were taken into a room and given the "we tried everything, but he didn't make it" speech." The autopsy report showed that he had no more then 1 pill in his system and some alcohol. At first I just couldn't understand how this could have happened. I thought that someone had to overdose to die. But now I know much more about Methadone and it is killing kids just like Mark everyday. They don't have to overdose for it to kill. One pill can kill.
Mark was so funny. When he walked into a room, he was sure to say something just to put a smile on everyones faces. Or he would do his famous "Teeny Dance". He was silly and joked around all the time. Mark was so loved, he had so many friends. Mark loved his friends. He would rather spend time with his friends then anything. There were over 700 people at his funeral. Mark loved sports. He played basketball, baseball and football in High School. He was a Skater, and at the time of his death, he was playing on 3 different softball team 5 nights a week. Our city now has a softball tournament in his memory every year. They award the "Mark Martinez Memorial Sportsmanship Award" to someone each year. His athletic skills amazed me. I was such a proud Mom when I got to sit in the stands watching him. Most of our lives centered around going to watch him play one sport or another. We lost our Pride and Joy that day. Because of 1 Methadone pill, hundreds of people lost a friend that gave them so much Joy and were so proud to be his friend.
Candles
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I didn't know Mark for long, but he was a good guy - warm and caring, a great person to be around. I still remember him. |
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– From Linda Brassington on April 30, 2015 |
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Miss you and thinking of you not only today but daily!!! |
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Thinking of you now and always!!! |
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I think of Mark often...especially @ the beginning of Little League season. He was the speedy little blonde rounding the bases. Wes and I speak of him. The days of our boys' youth in old NW Reno were special. God bless him and you |
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A candle lit in Mark's honor on the anniversary of hi s tragic passing. May he rest in pease and may God bless and comfort his family and friends.
Agape
Marty |
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He was a beautiful boy, and shouldn't die this way, as many on this site shouldn't have. May his familoy have health, love and happiness. |
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– From Anonymous on June 17, 2009 |
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I AM SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, I FEEL YOUR PAIN. I WAS HOPING THAT THIS WASN'T TRUE WHEN AN OLD FRIEND TOLD ME,I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A YEAR. AND DROVE BY YOUR OLD HOUSE ON BOWMAN ALL THE TIME HOPING TO SEE HIM.IAM GLAD TO HEAR HE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN THE SHORT TIME HE WAS HERE.WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE OUR MEMORIES. GOD BLESS |
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May the memory of our children, our relatives and our friends, who have passed, live on in our hearts, forever honored and memorialized. May the dreams they had and the lives they lived be remembered always, and may each heart and soul they touched, though forever changed, be healed. - From NOPE Task Force
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