Dean M. Martin, age 84, of Brookings, died Saturday, September 29, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, October 5, 2007, at First Lutheran Church in Brookings, with interment and military graveside rites at First Lutheran Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home. Dean Mathew Martin was born July 7, 1923, at Mt. Vernon, South Dakota, to Harry E. and Anna Marie (Breer) Martin. He attended Mt. Vernon Public School and Augustana College for a year. He served in the U.S. Navy from May 28, 1944 until May 18, 1946. He attended the South Dakota School of Mines for two years and South Dakota State University from 1947 until 1949. He received a Masters degree in horticulture at SDSU in 1969. On June 15, 1947, Dean married Dorothy Wetteland at Gayville, South Dakota, He worked for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture from 1949 until 1950. He served on the South Dakota Weed Board from 1950 until 1956. He worked for the SDSU Cooperative Extension Service from 1956 until his retirement June 30, 1987. He was named by the Board of Regents an Associate Professor Emeritus of Horticulture in 1987. Dean received the John Robertson Award in Horticulture in 1969, the SDSU Outstanding Extension Program Award in 1984, the South Dakota Nurserymens Association Service Award in 1986, and the F.O. Butler Award of Excellence in 1987. He developed and organized the South Dakota Master Gardener Program, and was the horticulturist on the South Dakota Public Television Garden Line program for several years. He conducted landscape planning workshops for ten years. Dean was a member of First Lutheran Church, Epsilon Sigma Phi, Pi Alpha Zi, the South Dakota Horticultural Society, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Golden K Kiwanis, and the American Legion. He was an honorary member of the South Dakota Nurserymens Association. He enjoyed gardening, landscaping, woodworking, and traveling. Survivors include two sons, David Martin of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Ronald Martin of Spearfish, South Dakota; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy on December 17, 2000; a son, Craig, in 1977; a brother, Harry; and four sisters, Hazel, Marguerite, Winifred, and Elizabeth.