Thomas Dewey Martens
October 12, 1948-September 15, 1993
Born in Atkinson, Nebraska, Tom Martens took up ice dancing at the age of thirty-five at the Silver Blades Figure Skating Club of Greater Kansas City in Missouri, while working as an acting coach. He won a silver medal in Adult Dance event at the 1986 Southwestern Championships in Omaha with his partner Anita Maddox. He became a USFSA judge in 1986 and passed his Silver Dance test in 1991. He passed away on September 15, 1993 at the age of forty-four.
Thomas' obituary: "Thomas Dewey Martens, 44, Overland Park, a former business co-owner, died Sept. 15, 1993, at the home. Mr. Martens co-owned Dewey Alan's Restaurant in Kansas City from 1987 to 1990. He was a co-owner of the Theatre for Young America from 1977 to 1980, and formerly taught acting and was an office manager at the theater. He was a member of the Actor's Equity Association. He was a judge for the U.S. Figure Skating Association and a member of the Silver Blades Figure Skating Club in Kansas City. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska-Kearney. He was born in O'Neill, Neb., and lived in New York City before he moved to this area in 1977."
*Source for inclusion: National AIDS Memorial, The Names Project Memorial Quilt
