Ricky Martin

Graveside services for Ricky George Martin, 57, Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 2, 2012 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence.  Mr. Martin died Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at his home.

He was born on August 16, 1954 in Vinita, OK the son of George L.C. and Mary Ann Scott Martin Bereiter.

He served in the Army for four years.

He was a retired drywall contractor.

He married Juanita “Belle” McBride on April 1, 2000 in Lawrence, KS.  She survives of the home.

Other survivors include his mother, Mary Ann, and husband, Ronald Bereiter; one daughter, Angie Martin; one son, Ryan McLees, all of Lawrence; three sisters, Ronda L. Elston and Brenda K. Skeffington, both of Lawrence, and Joyce Devore, Bartesville, OK; four nieces, Sally Merrill, Lucinda Chronister, Ashley Hester, Megan Hester; three nephews, Dustin Hadl, Christopher Elston and Nathan Elston.  He was preceded in death by his father, L.C., and brother, Dennis Martin.

The family will greet friends from noon until service time at the mortuary.