David A. Martin Notre Dame graduate worked at Union Carbide before launching consulting business, D&R Associates, as a chemical engineer David A. Martin, 88, of Bridgewater passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center in New Brunswick. He was born in Manhattan, NY on August 4, 1933, the only child of David F. and Florence Carroll Martin. He had lived in Puerto Rico and Newark before moving to Bridgewater in 1969. He was a 1953 graduate of Notre Dame University receiving a degree in chemical engineering. Mr. Martin was a chemical engineer and had worked at Union Carbide while living in Newark, before marrying and moving to Bridgewater in 1969. He formed his own consulting business as a chemical engineer, D&R Associates, where he worked in the food safety industry for several different companies including M&M Mars before retiring in 2005. David was a faithful Catholic and had been affiliated with both St. Elizabeth Church in Far Hills and Blessed Sacrament Church in Martinsville. He was very active in the Circle of Friends Bereavement Group and the Knights of Columbus both at Blessed Sacrament Church. He was active in the right-to-life movement, which his late wife, Rita M. Martin, had been a longtime leader at the state and national levels. When his sons were young, David was involved in Boy Scout Troop # 154 in Pluckemin. He is predeceased by his wife, Rita M. Palm Martin, who died August 31, 2000; and by a son, Robert E. Deak, who died in 1998.. Mr. Martin is survived by a daughter, Mary Jo Zachary and her husband, Dan, of Raritan; 2 sons, Alexander P. Deak and his wife, Lisa, of Columbus, OH and Luke E. Deak and his wife, Johnnie, of Ladson, SC; 10 grandchildren, Elizabeth Petraglia, Sarah Sturm, Alex Paul, Peter, Andrew and Melissa Deak, Han, Gracen, Aria and Devin Zachary; and 12 great-grandchildren. A funeral Mass will be held at Blessed Sacrament Church, 1890 Washington Valley Road, Martinsville on Monday, August 23, at 10:00am. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Grace Cemetery, Langhorne, PA. Relatives and friends may visit at the Layton Funeral Home, 475 Main Street, Bedminster on Sunday, August 22nd, from 5 to 8pm. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Pregnancy Aid and Information Center, 59 Thompson Street, Raritan, NJ 08869. Layton Funeral Home 475 Main Street Bedminster, NJ 07921 (908)234-0766