Darrin Ray Martin

Darrin Ray Martin, 54, of Lititz, passed away after a courageous 5-year battle with MSA on March 11, 2026. Born in Ephrata, he was the son of Ned and Grace (Esch) Martin. He was married 28 years to his loving wife, Renée (Hoffer) Martin.

Darrin graduated from the Penn State Sheriff’s Academy and worked his entire career in law enforcement. He worked for the Lancaster County Prison for six years, Lancaster County Sheriff's Office for fourteen years, York County Sheriff’s Office for three years, and most recently at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center. Anyone who knew Darrin knew of his love for Jesus, his family, and the Dallas Cowboys. He enjoyed watching sports, playing chess, listening to 80s music and eating crab legs at the beach. Darrin loved coaching his sons’ football & baseball teams and had a competitive spirit in everything he played whether it was poker, fantasy football, Rook, softball, board games, or ping pong. He was a devoted husband, father, son, brother, and friend, and lived his life to serve others. His feisty personality and fun banter will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him.

In addition to his parents and wife Renée, Darrin is survived by 4 children: Brett, Eric, Ryan, and Ashley Martin; brother Clint Martin (Lori) and sister Valerie McClain (Brad); in-laws Chuck and Sondra Hoffer, and brothers-in-law Chris Hoffer and Brad Hoffer (Nickie), as well as numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and friends.

A viewing will be held from 5-6:30 PM on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at LCBC Manheim, 2392 Mount Joy Rd, Manheim, PA 17545. A funeral service will be held at 6:30 PM. Please enter the church at the Auditorium South Entrance.

Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, please consider any contributions to Darrin’s children to help offset their future expenses at Linktree.