Anderson, Mark L. (1953-2018)

ANDERSON, CHICKERING, COFFIN, WINTHER, CUTLER, VARGAS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 8/27/2018 at 18:55:42

Mark Anderson
January 1, 1953 ~ August 8, 2018 (age 65)

Mark Anderson, age 65, of Marathon, Iowa, died on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at the Pleasant View Home in Albert City, Iowa.

Mark Leonard Anderson, a son of Elmer and Bernice (Chickering) Anderson was born at Storm Lake, Iowa, on January 1, 1953. He lived his youth in the Marathon and received his education there, graduating from Marathon High School.

On January 25, 1975, Mark married Jean Coffin at Trinity Lutheran Church in Royal, Iowa. He worked with his brother, Dennis Anderson, at Anderson Brothers Speed Equipment as well as at Spencer Foods in Spencer, Iowa. Regrettably, in August of 1984, Mark had a motorcycle accident resulting in a severe brain injury. Before that incident, his family and friends remember him as a friendly, active, and vibrant young man. Mark had many varied interests which included playing Santa Claus at Christmas time, drag racing, working on cars, and ice fishing.

Mark’s life and memories are cherished by his family which includes his former wife, Jean, of Spencer, Iowa; his two brothers, Ray (Marjorie) Anderson, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and Dennis Anderson, of Marathon, Iowa; his three sisters: Sonna (Merlyn) Winther, of Spencer, Iowa, Eloise Cutler, of Palm Desert, California, and Janice Vargas, of Ontario, California; along with numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral services will be held Monday, August 13, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Marathon. Visitation will take place for one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the Poland Township Cemetery in Marathon. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is overseeing the arrangements. Blessed be the life and memory of Mark Leonard Anderson.

Sliefert Funeral Homes, Sioux Rapids, Iowa, 2018.

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