Mark was born in a cabin at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains, where he spent much of his childhood. At about 10 years of age his family moved to Bridger, Montana where Mark went to school until he was 12 and went to Idaho with a friend to work in their Forrest Service. However, that didn’t last long. He soon joined the Navy at age 16. He was in the Navy 4 years, going through 7 major battles and received several medals.
Upon returning to civilian life, jobs where scarce and pay was rather skimpy but he finally found the “Oil Patch” was hiring and paying pretty good, so soon he was working steady enough that when he met Mary at his sister’s apartment they proceeded to get married.
They were married March 1, 1951 and moved to Casper, WY. Their daughter Marlyce and son Michael were born in Casper.
In the sixties they moved to Powell where Mark went to work in the Elk Basin gas plant where he worked until 1973 when he moved to Witten, SD and owned and operated the Miami Stone and Rustic Brick Plant and worked for the farm.
Mark loved to fish and hunt. He loved barbequing for his family and friends, with his specialty being steak and shrimp with an amazing secret cocktail sauce. He loved his church, his family, and God. He loved his country, and he loved life.
Mark leaves behind his wife Mary, daughter Marlyce and son-in-law Jim Smith, and son Michael and daughter-in-law Debbie, grandson Cody, his sister Tootie Geist, and many nieces and nephews to love him and miss him.
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