Glenn A. Martin

North Hampton - Glenn A. Martin, 63, passed peacefully on December 5, 2023, while in hospice care at home following a brain tumor diagnosis the day before this Thanksgiving. Prior to this, he had made a good recovery over the past year from a stroke suffered in Fall of 2022. He was born on January 11,1960 in Exeter, NH, son of the late Laurence A. Martin and Joanne Hobbs Martin. Glenn attended North Hampton Elementary School where his mother was his gym teacher. A big sports fan, he was active in sports throughout his school career playing soccer, basketball and baseball. He graduated from Winnacunnet High School, where he was president of his class in 1978. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1982, where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. After working a few years in retail store management, he settled into a long career as a successful realtor throughout the NH seacoast, working most recently for REmax. He won many awards for outstanding sales and productivity. Glenn was an avid golfer and bowler in his adult years and also loved playing cribbage. He was a proud soccer dad to his daughter Kara who played her youth soccer at Seacoast United, and later at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He was a member of the Hampton Academy Board of Trustees, recently serving as president. Glenn traveled to many places, over the years, spending vacations in Aruba and Disneyworld. He was most at home by the beach and ocean, where his family summered yearly from 1958 until 2010 at their beach cottage near Plaice Cove in Hampton. In addition to his daughter, Kara Martin, (and her husband, Devin Duarte) of Amesbury, MA, Glenn is survived by his sister, Kim Martin Nadeau, (and her husband JoJo) of North Hampton, with whom he had resided after his stroke, his niece, Heidi Nadeau, his uncle, Ken Hobbs of Illinois and Florida, and several cousins. A public memorial service will be held at 10 am on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the United Church of Christ, 295 Atlantic Ave., North Hampton, with a receiving line to follow. A celebration of life will be held from 1 – 4 pm on Sunday, Dec. 17 at the Throwback Brewery at Hobbs Farm (which was formerly the Hobbs family homestead where Glenn grew up), in North Hampton, NH. All are welcome. Memorial Donations can be made to: The following annual golf tournament Glenn Co-Chaired with friend Kevin Sullivan: The proceeds of the 3rd Annual Luck o’ the Irish Jimmy Fund Classic will be donated to the Jimmy Fund in Memory of Glenn Martin, to be used for research for brain cancer. Please make checks payable to Jimmy Fund and mail them to: Luck o’ the Irish Jimmy Fund Classic, PO Box 1764, Hampton, NH 03843. Website for the 2024 tournament, which will be played on Monday, July 22, 2024, will be open after the New Year. Donations may also be made to Rockingham Nutrition and Meals on Wheels, 107 North Rd Brentwood, NH, 03833. (Glenn was a volunteer driver for senior meal delivery for many years.)

Glenn A. Martin

January 11, 1960 - December 5, 2023