One of the warmest and friendliest of classmates, one of my favorites. I would liked to have had another visit with Marty at our 65th. Rest in peace, my friend.
Marty was a wonderful guy. Our hearts are saddened. I'm glad I got to speak with him at our last reunion. May his memory be a blessing for all who knew and loved him.
This is very sad. Marty and I were good friends in high school and poker buddies, as well as aspiring physicians, which of course we both became. Also college rivals, Princeton vs Rutgers. We had a nice chat at the 60th. He was fine then.
When I was 4, we moved to 23 South Mountain Road. A boy was sitting on the curb on the other side of the street, so I sat on our curb, facing him. He called out "Hey!", and I responded "Hay is for horses!". That scintillating dialogue ping-ponged back and forth for maybe half an hour. With our voices growing hoarse (or should I say "horse"?) he said "want some lemonade?" After guzzling several cups, we instinctively returned to our curbs and resumed our brilliant exchange.
Cut to a few years later, 8 year old Marty organized a neighborhood "dirt bomb" war (dried mud balls) , hurling "harmless" dirt bombs at each other. Marty, the "Say Hey Kid", fired one that hit me in the eye, but unbeknownst to him, it contained a sharp rock. I nearly lost my left eye.
In 2013, at our 50th Class reunion, he spotted me across the room and shouted "Hey!", and I yelled back "Hay is for horses!" I confessed "there's something, which I call 'my youthful indiscretion', that I want to appologize for..." he broke in, responding "we all had our youthful indiscretions (pointing to my left eye) and we're all better off forgiving each other".
Marty was a "Mensch", a Yiddish word which figuratively means, among other things, a decent, kind, responsible, admirable person. That was, and always will be, Martin Ganek. "Hey!" Marty, it was a blessing knowing you. Lorre Wyatt
Dear Friends- I am truely saddened to hear of Marty's passing. My friendship with Marty began before the 1st year we had at the South Mountain Elementary School. We lived about 3 weeks away from Marty's home in South Mountain. I was a neebie having just moved in. I had no friends and Marty was the first member of the " South Mtn. Gang" to say high & shake my hand. Our friendship continued through all the years in the Millburn System, college,med school, army service 72-74, medical practices until the present.
When I think of Marty I see a kind, thoughtful, and friendly person. I never heard him say an unkind thing to anyone. I think he loved the times he spent running the show for all the audiovisual equipment he had to coordinate for the various events in middle & high school.
I will miss Marty & extend my deepest sympathy to his family.
Rest in Peace my friend.
Al ( Cooker ) Lotman Class of 1963 Millburn High School
Dear Friends- I am truely saddened to hear of Marty's passing. My friendship with Marty began before the 1st year we had at the South Mountain Elementary School. We lived about 3 weeks away from Marty's home in South Mountain. I was a neebie having just moved in. I had no friends and Marty was the first member of the " South Mtn. Gang" to say high & shake my hand. Our friendship continued through all the years in the Millburn System, college,med school, army service 72-74, medical practices until the present.
When I think of Marty I see a kind, thoughtful, and friendly person. I never heard him say an unkind thing to anyone. I think he loved the times he spent running the show for all the audiovisual equipment he had to coordinate for the various events in middle & high school.
I will miss Marty & extend my deepest sympathy to his family.
Rest in Peace my friend.
Al ( Cooker ) Lotman Class of 1963 Millburn High School
George Gilbert Engler
One of the warmest and friendliest of classmates, one of my favorites. I would liked to have had another visit with Marty at our 65th. Rest in peace, my friend.
Henry Nerenberg
Marty was a wonderful guy. Our hearts are saddened. I'm glad I got to speak with him at our last reunion. May his memory be a blessing for all who knew and loved him.
Kenneth Schwartz
This is very sad. Marty and I were good friends in high school and poker buddies, as well as aspiring physicians, which of course we both became. Also college rivals, Princeton vs Rutgers. We had a nice chat at the 60th. He was fine then.
Lorre Wyatt
When I was 4, we moved to 23 South Mountain Road. A boy was sitting on the curb on the other side of the street, so I sat on our curb, facing him. He called out "Hey!", and I responded "Hay is for horses!". That scintillating dialogue ping-ponged back and forth for maybe half an hour. With our voices growing hoarse (or should I say "horse"?) he said "want some lemonade?" After guzzling several cups, we instinctively returned to our curbs and resumed our brilliant exchange.
Cut to a few years later, 8 year old Marty organized a neighborhood "dirt bomb" war (dried mud balls) , hurling "harmless" dirt bombs at each other. Marty, the "Say Hey Kid", fired one that hit me in the eye, but unbeknownst to him, it contained a sharp rock. I nearly lost my left eye.
In 2013, at our 50th Class reunion, he spotted me across the room and shouted "Hey!", and I yelled back "Hay is for horses!" I confessed "there's something, which I call 'my youthful indiscretion', that I want to appologize for..." he broke in, responding "we all had our youthful indiscretions (pointing to my left eye) and we're all better off forgiving each other".
Marty was a "Mensch", a Yiddish word which figuratively means, among other things, a decent, kind, responsible, admirable person. That was, and always will be, Martin Ganek. "Hey!" Marty, it was a blessing knowing you. Lorre Wyatt
Alfred 'Cooker' Lotman
Dear Friends- I am truely saddened to hear of Marty's passing. My friendship with Marty began before the 1st year we had at the South Mountain Elementary School. We lived about 3 weeks away from Marty's home in South Mountain. I was a neebie having just moved in. I had no friends and Marty was the first member of the " South Mtn. Gang" to say high & shake my hand. Our friendship continued through all the years in the Millburn System, college,med school, army service 72-74, medical practices until the present.
When I think of Marty I see a kind, thoughtful, and friendly person. I never heard him say an unkind thing to anyone. I think he loved the times he spent running the show for all the audiovisual equipment he had to coordinate for the various events in middle & high school.
I will miss Marty & extend my deepest sympathy to his family.
Rest in Peace my friend.
Al ( Cooker ) Lotman Class of 1963 Millburn High School
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Alfred 'Cooker' Lotman
Dear Friends- I am truely saddened to hear of Marty's passing. My friendship with Marty began before the 1st year we had at the South Mountain Elementary School. We lived about 3 weeks away from Marty's home in South Mountain. I was a neebie having just moved in. I had no friends and Marty was the first member of the " South Mtn. Gang" to say high & shake my hand. Our friendship continued through all the years in the Millburn System, college,med school, army service 72-74, medical practices until the present.
When I think of Marty I see a kind, thoughtful, and friendly person. I never heard him say an unkind thing to anyone. I think he loved the times he spent running the show for all the audiovisual equipment he had to coordinate for the various events in middle & high school.
I will miss Marty & extend my deepest sympathy to his family.
Rest in Peace my friend.
Al ( Cooker ) Lotman Class of 1963 Millburn High School
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