Martin (Mitch) J. Fernandez passed away on April 24, 2022 a this home in Lakewood, CO. He was 73 years old. Martin was born June 20, 1948 in Trinidad, CO, the son of Valentine and Genevieve Fernandez. He attended Holy Trinity, graduated from Trinidad High School, attended University of CO, Trinidad State Jr. College and graduated from Adams State College, Alamosa, CO in 1972 with degrees in Art and Psychology. It was there that he met and married, in 1972, his first wife, Karen Kelly (Feldman), with whom he had two beautiful daughters, Kala and Kelli. He married Lisa Russ (Curtis) in 1989. Both marriages ended in divorce.