Birth: 1952
Death: 2024
Mike DeMartini OBITUARY
Mike DeMartini, an amazing father, brother, doodle dad, and incredible husband passed away on Saturday, December 28th, 2024 after a 7.5-year battle with Frontotemporal Dementia. FTD is a horrible disease that robbed him of himself long before it robbed him of his life. Mike’s life was marked by an unwavering love for his friends and family, determination to stay active and “young at heart”, passion for his Catholic faith, and dedication to excelling in his career and learning something new every day.
Mike was born in San Francisco and grew up in San Rafael with his mother Adeline, father Joseph, sister Diane, and brother Steve. He graduated from Redwood High School and went on to get a BS in Engineering at UC Davis. He then earned an MBA in finance at UCLA’s Anderson School of Business.
He moved to Manhattan Beach with his wife, Anne, where they raised two daughters. Mike had an impressive career, working for several different companies, including ARCO and Ernst & Young. He closed out his career as the Chief Financial Officer of the LA Philharmonic for 10 years.
In addition to his career, Mike had an extreme passion for sports and fitness. He was a fantastic tennis player and avid baseball fan. He worked hard at everything he did and instilled that same determination in his daughters. He loved to be an active and loving father by coaching their many sports teams, and attending countless dance recitals and swim meets.
Mike was a kid at heart and loved to make people laugh, as evidenced by his large group of lifelong friends who loved him dearly. He was also an enthusiastic member of the Men’s Cornerstone Group at American Martyrs. His sense of humor, love, and devotion was a blessing to all he encountered.
Memorial services were held on January 9th at 10:30 am at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach. In lieu of flowers, the DeMartinis kindly request that donations be made to American Martyrs or to FTD research at UCLA at
Richard Stoltze
I'm very sorry to hear of Mike's suffering and passing from PFD.
I played tennis with Mike (aka Demar) and Wayne Horiuchi all the time during the summers of our Middle School years on the College of Marin courts. We had fun working on our games, even though I don't recall that Mike or I ever won a match against Wayne. But we had fun trying!
I'm glad and not surprised to hear that Mike continued with tennis throughout his life. Mike was a good and kindhearted man. Rest in Peace, my friend.
Dick Stoltze
John Neuenburg
As I get older I always look at the obituary pages in the I.J. for someone I know. The big majority of Redwood class of 70 I didn't know by name and I am sure I have missed some in the obits over the years. Some not. But the Kent and especially Greenbrae class alums are much smaller groups. I was sorry to see Mike's obit last week. Thanks for posting it here Ross. Mike was a nice kid. One year I journeyed over to "new Greenbrae" to his birthday party, and came down with measels that day! I didn't socialize with Mike a lot but this is depressing. If any readers here get the I.J. and read the monthly "Six Word Stories" feature, last month's subject was, "What was this year like for you? I wrote "I turned 72 this year. Ugh." My wife said, "That's so depressing." I agreed.
John Cuzens
I grew up with mike and others from greenbrae elementary on. Cub scouts, Alter boy training at st. Sebastian and Mr. Kitchens dance classes. My mom played bridge with his mom and we were fairly close until graduation. I graduated in chemical engineering at Berkeley and we lost track until connecting again in Southern cal. Sorry I ne er got to play tennis with him or reconnect in person after communicating in socal. His passing probably hit me harder than many friends lost over the years because of our many parallel paths. Starting to feel pretty mortal these days. RIP mike, I'll be thinking of you.