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Oconto County Reporter Wednesday  
September 6, 2000  

Theodore John Martineau, 64, died of a heart attack on Tuesday, August 29,2000 while jogging near his home in Oak Brook, Illinois. He was born on March 6, 1936 in Oconto, Wisconsin and graduated from Oconto High School in 1954. One of his early accomplishments was playing 108 consecutive holes of golf at the age of 13--a Wisconsin State record, that stood for over 40 years. Mr. Martineau graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1958, where he was a member of the Student Council and R.O.T.C. He served in the Army at Fort Euslis, Virginia; in Thule, Greenland; and as an instructor at West Point. He then entered Harvard Law School and graduated in 1963, becoming an attorney like his father and grandfather before him.

Mr. Martineau began his legal practice with the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. As Chairman of Arlingtonians for a Better County he helped to end racial segregation in the suburban Washington public school system and public swimming pools. In 1967, he entered private practice and became a partner with the firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingerson in Philadelphia, where he practiced labor law until 1983. During those years, he indulged his passion for sports by representing the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team. He then represented the P. H. Glatfelter Co., a national paper company, until 1997.

He married the former Susan H. Urban in 1958; they were divorced in 1981. Ted and Susan had four children. Mr. Martineau was remarried in 1984 to Sharon A. Hogan, and they moved to the Chicago suburbs in 1990. Mr. Martineau was one of the first Democrats to join the Union League Club, while, living in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. He was a scratch golfer and a tournament bridge player in his youth, and especially enjoyed reading, running and trekking in Mountain Ranges all over the world. He had recently returned from a two-week trek with his wife in the Swiss Alps.

Surviving are his wife Sharon A. Hogan, Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois-Chicago; his father, the Honorable James A. Martineau of Marinette, Wisconsin; his siblings Attorney James P. Martineau of Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.F. Colonel, Retired, Pete Martineau of Sacramento, California, and Mary Martineau, an Urban Planner residing in Costa Mesa, California. Also surviving are his children: Attorney Daniel J. Martineau of Aspen, Colorado and Eleanor S. Martineau, a writer in Berkeley, California; as well as his grandchildren Oliver, Nicholas, Grace and Peter, all of Aspen, Colorado.

Friends called at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 917 Church St., Marinette from 9:30 a.m.- ll a.m. on Saturday September 2, 2000. Funeral service was 11 a.m. at the church with the Rev. William Bippus officiating. Rhodes-Charapata Funeral Home, Oconto entrusted with the care of funeral arrangements.

Mr. Martineau was buried Saturday, next to his two deceased sons - David (1966) and John (1984)- in the Evergreen Cemetery, Oconto, Wisconsin. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Salvation Army, Oak Brook Terrace, 1 South 415 Summit Avenue, Villa Park, Illinois 60181.