THE FATHER OF GOVERNOR SUSANA MARTINEZ IS SCHEDULED TO BE BURIED IN TEXAS. WORD IS HE'LL BE BURIED AT FORT BLISS. JACOBO "JAKE" MARTINEZ DIED LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON, NEW YEAR'S EVE, AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AT THE AGE OF 80. 

 

MARTINEZ WAS A THREE-TIME GOLDEN GLOVES WINNER AS AN AMATEUR BOXER IN THE 1950S. HE ALSO SERVED AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS, AND WAS A KOREAN WAR VETERAN.