Martin P. Farrell

Long-time Black Hills lawyer Martin P. Farrell died February 8, 1995
at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, Arizona, following a heart attack.
A Wake Service was held at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot
Springs at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday Night, February 12.  Mass of Christian
Burial was held at St. Anthony's Catholic Church on Monday, February
13, at 10:30 a.m. with interment at Evergreen Cemetery, with full
military honors.

Martin was born on October 21, 1912, in Mt. Vernon, South Dakota, to
Martin A. and Margaret (Lawlor) Farrell.  After graduating from
Plankinton High School, Martin was a member of the Civilian
Conservation Corp before entering college at the former Souther Normal
College in Springfield, South Dakota.  Upon graduation from Southern
Normal he attended the University of South Dakota Law School from
which he was graduated in 1940.  At the outbreak of WWII he joined the
Army and rose to the rank of Captain.  As a member of the United
States Army, he served as a body guard for President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt and joined the Counter-Intelligence Corp of the Office of
Strategic Services.  While in the Army he was in the Military
Intelligence and as such was attached to the 26th Division in the
front lines of the Third Army.  He was assigned to penetrate German
lines to gather information for the G-2.  For this he received the
Bronze Star and the Croix de Guerre.

Upon discharge from the Army he relocated and started a private law
practice in April, 1946 in Hot Springs, South Dakota, where he
continued to practice law until the time of his death.  He had the
pleasure of serving as City Attorney for the City of Hot Springs and
Deputy State's Attorney for Fall River County, South Dakota.

At the outbreak of the Korean Conflict he was recalled to service and
was stationed at the Counter-Intelligence Corp Unit in Fort Holibird,
Maryland.

On December 31, 1949, he was united in marriage with Margaret V. Joyce
in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In 1990, Martin received his 50 year pin from the South Dakota State
Bar Association.

Martin served as a Director of First National Bank of the Black Hills
for ten years; was President of the Board of Directors of West River
Mental Health Center; a member of the Board of Directors of Southern
Hills General Hospital where he served as President for 25 years;
President of the Wind Cave National History Association; a member of
the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Society; and a charter member of
the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, and served on the Board
of Directors until his death; and a member of St. Anthony's Catholic
Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.

Martin is survived by his wife, Margaret, of Hot Springs, his children
and grandchildren Joyce Farrell of Hot Springs, Jane Farrell-Ginsbach
and her husband Pat Ginsbach of Hot Springs and their children
Franklin Farrell Ginsbach, Katherine Elizabeth Ginsbach and Mary Clair
Ginsbach; Martin G. Farrell and his wife Mary Farrell of Rapid City
and their children Martin Alexander Farrell, Kristin Cecile-Marie
Farrell and Theresa Jeanne Farrell; Thomas P. Farrell of Grand Canyon,
Arizona, and Margaret M. Farrell of Custer, South Dakota; a sister,
Mary E. Brenden of Ida Grove, Iowa, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers, Gene
Farrell, Frank Farrell and Don Farrell.

In lieu of flowers, the family has established memorials for Red Cloud
Indian School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and St. Anthony's Catholic
Church Bus Fund, of Hot Springs, South Dakota.

McColley's Chapels of the Southern Hills is in charge of arrangements.

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Hand-written date:
2-14-95.