Statue honoring former Gov. Judy Martz to be unveiled Monday at Capitol

A full-size bronze statue honoring former Republican Gov. Judy Martz, the first woman to serve as Montana’s chief executive, will be dedicated noon Monday at the state Capitol.

The public may attend. A lunch will be served.

Martz died in Butte on Oct. 30, 2017, at age 74, from pancreatic cancer.

Gov. Judy Martz addresses the Montana Republican Party convention in 2003, in Missoula. 

MICHAEL GALLACHER, Missoulian file

She was born on July 28, 1943, in Big Timber and was raised in Big Timber and Butte. She graduated from Butte High School in 1961, and attended Eastern Montana College.

Martz won the title of Miss Rodeo Montana in 1962 and competed as a member of the 1963 U.S. World Speed Skating Team in Japan and as a member of the 1964 U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Team in Innsbruck, Austria.

She married Harry Martz in 1965 and they became the parents of their son, Justin, and their daughter, Stacey Jo. Judy and her husband were small business owners in Butte for 37 years, and Martz participated in the civic affairs of the Butte-Silver Bow region

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