Birth date: Mar 9, 1971 Death date: Sep 20, 2025
I only knew Mark through social media, and never had the pleasure of meeting him in person. I’ll always lament that I never had that opportunity…it was clear he was a wonderful and loving man who will be painfully missed by a lot of people! My deepest condolences to all his loved ones. 💕
Mark was my cousin and the very best at that. We grew up together in our grandparents home. Our home wasn’t just your average home, it was full of so much more. Filled with love, laughter happiness joys, and pets. We kept our grandparents and parents busy at all times. We were so extremely blessed to have shared so many years under the same roof. We were brought up old school. Old fashioned values were instilled into us. So that meant we got into trouble a lot. I was the tattletale always telling on my two older cousins Mark and Charlie, all I ever wanted was just to play with them. They had the best toys. GI Joes, Hot wheels carwash, Star Wars, etc. You get it they were so cool and I always wanted to be with them. Holiday were celebrated at our home. Our entire family would come over, it was fun but the best part was when they all left so it could just be the 3 of us again. We would open up our toys together. Have endless hours of fun. Thanksgiving was the same all us kids had a kid table in the kitchen to feast. We weren’t old enough to sit at the adult table. So Mark was the oldest and he ran our kids table he was in charge. So you can just imagine that. He was so much fun. We misbehaved at that table. Endless fun & made memories. Summer time was the best season longer days meant countless hours in the pool. We swam all day our fingers n toes would turn raisins looking. We played, we laughed and cried because someone was always getting into trouble. Our Nana had to come out of The house n lay down the law. Cousin Charlie made sure we got mooned through out the day. Mark would throw our dogs in pool, our cats got tossed in too. Those were the best days. Mark would run into the garage n get Papas FM/AM Radio blast it for us right next to the pool. He had the best taste in music loved all his 80s jamz. 4th of July bbq and fireworks will never be forgotten. He loved his albums too. We would listen count less hours of vinyl in our den as we called our back room. God I can go on for hours reminiscing of all the wonderful memories my cousin Mark bought to my life. As we grew up my cousin lived in different states we were miles away our bond felt like we were never apart. So I know now that he’s in heaven and we are apart his presence will never leave my heart. He will always be with me. I love you Mark. One sweet day we will be together again. I’m going to miss all your phone calls and text messages. I know that your going to keep me smiling even from heaven because you are all around me. Watch over us ❤️🙏🕊️
I’m so glad that people who know you are sharing their stories and memories with you my beautiful Marky. You will always be loved by so many people for just being you. Thank you for an amazing life together. I’ll never be able to see anything Halloween or Disney related again without remembering you and smiling. I love you Vampie!
I can't find the picture I wanted to share but I will say Mark was one of the kindest and funniest people I've ever had the pleasure of calling my friend. He was my best fiend, if you knew him you'll know what I mean. He was Mr Halloween. I remember when we worked together I had a Halloween shirt that had fake tattos on the arms and he asked to borrow it so he could show it to his tattoo artist. I haven't seen him for a few years but my heart still hurts knowing I'll never get to see him again.
Randy, you made him so happy and I know he loved you with all of his heart. I wish I could've met you in person. My heart goes out to you during this difficult time and I'm here if you ever want to talk. 🧡🤎
