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Please Say a Prayer

for Our Friend Dean Martin

By Ed Phillips

State Treasurer Dean Martin, my friend and fellow Rotarian, has been a guest on our show more than once. When I learned that his delightful wife Kerry died on Memorial Day after the birth of their first child Austin I was breathless.

As Dean sorts out the tragedy please join me in a prayer for him and their son.

I had lunch with Dean a few weeks ago and he was in his usual good spirits and delighted that he and Kerry were close to the birth of their first child. I remember telling him that his life would be changing for the better.

My friends, Dean is a good man and he adored Kerry. They were a fantastic couple together and you could tell they were a good team. They shared a love of politics.

I have known a lot of politicians of every kind since I was in the State Senate. Dean is one of the good ones. He is honest, he is hard working and he is doing a great job in his role as State Treasurer. The smart work of Dean and his staff has saved and earned our state tens of millions of dollars.

Dean has sacrificed a very successful career in his private life to serve us and for that I am grateful.

How do you explain a tragedy like this? I don't know.

What I do know is that Dean and his family are in my thoughts and prayers and if I can help him in any way I am at his service.

 

Dean Martin in an Official Photo

From the Arizona State Treasurers Office