Myron C. Martynetz

Myron Martynetz, 66, of South Orange, NJ, died August 31, 2017, after a two-year battle with ALS. A funeral service will be conducted at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church on Sandford Avenue in Newark, NJ at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, September 2, 2017, with internment at St. Andrews Cemetery, in Bound Brook NJ. He was born in Munich (West) Germany on March 29, 1951. He came to the United States as a small child, and grew up in Rochester NY. He was a graduate of Cornell University, and in 1976 received his law degree from the Syracuse University College of law. The greater part of his legal career was spent as a partner in the former law firm of Kramer, Martynetz, and Verbesey, in Manhattan, where he loved the excitement of trial work; for the last ten years of his life, however, before his illness forced his retirement from practice, he as a deputy counsel for the New York State Grievance Committee for the 2nd and 11th Judicial Districts, a position he enjoyed enormously. Everyone who ever met Myron loved him. He had a smile and a kind word always. He only saw the good in people, and whomever he met, he touched, and left feeling happier. He was selfless, humble, and unassuming, always thinking of other people before himself. Full of life, he was enthusiastic about all sports, and loved nothing more than teaching his kids, (any other kids) about baseball, soccer, volleyball, and skiing; he played tennis every week of his life until illness claimed him. He often said that as a child, baseball helped him learn about America, and he followed baseball, particularly the Mets, all of his life. Every year, he looked forward to college basketball season and the Syracuse Orange. In all of the years of his illness, he never complained, and always had a smile on his face. He was the kindest and most loving son, brother, husband, and father, proud and appreciative of his Ukrainian heritage. He is survived by his wife, Mary-Ellen Skenyon, whom he met in law school, their four children, Daniel, of New York City, Tatiana, of Camillus, NY, and Markian and Alexander, both of South Orange, as well as his mother, Iwanna Martynetz, of North Port, FL., and his sister, Alexandra Martynetz of Oakland, CA. He was predeceased by his father, Miroslav Martynetz, and grandmother, Tatiana Motyka. The family wishes to express its gratitude to the ALS Foundation of New York City for its help and support over the last two difficult years, and to Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care, for their kind assistance during the last wrenching days. In lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to either wonderful organization.