Wayne was born on January 12, 1943 at the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was adopted into the loving family of John and Mary Martin of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In June 1964 Wayne left Manitoba to discover the West. He lived in Calgary for a few years where he met the love of his life, Sheila, when he sold her a set of pots and pans (he waited until they were paid off before they started dating!). They were married September 3, 1966 in Claresholm and resided in Prince George, B.C. for three years before moving back to Alberta. They then lived in Calgary for 10 years where they welcomed two beautiful daughters, Stacey and Julie. In May of 1978 they moved from Calgary to Coaldale when Wayne was transferred from the Spy Hill jail to the Lethbridge jail where he worked as a jail guard for many years before moving to the CAPS program at the Lethbridge Court House. Wayne had several different jobs over his life from selling pots and pans, driving a hostess truck selling chips all across B.C., selling sporting goods, to finally working for the Alberta Solicitor General’s Dept. for 28.5 years before retiring in January of 2000.

Wayne is survived by his loving wife Sheila, his daughters Stacey (Bryan) Kluczny and Julie (Troy) Ormann, grandsons Nicholas Kluczny and Alexander Kluczny, and Brayden (Lauren) Ormann and Cole (Chalissa) Ormann; his half siblings Doreen, Yvonne, Ken,and Myles; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Wayne was predeceased by his parents John and Mary Martin and sister Minerva Coleman.

Wayne had a lot of amazing friends; shout out to his friend/work colleague Gary Kelly for all the amazing years of friendship and being his hunting/fishing buddy, and to another great work friend Karl Samuels for always keeping in touch and checking in on him. Special thanks to Marcia and Terry Talcott from Cascade, Montana who were amazing friends they met and kept in touch with from their Snowbird days, it was so wonderful for Dad to have another amazing fishing buddy for the winter months, you were both cherished.

Special thanks to all the staff at St. Therese Villa where they were absolutely amazing to our dad, from his day-to-day care when he first arrived to the final end of life care the last few days.

In Wayne’s words “I have had a great life, lots of hunting and fishing, time in the outdoors and a beautiful family to make life worthwhile. I’ve been most fortunate to be so blessed. So long for now!”

Wayne’s wish is that there be no formal service. As a family we will be sprinkling his ashes in his favorite places at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make a memorial donation to Parkinson’s research (www.parkinson.ca) or to STARS (www.stars.ca).