MARK P. ANGLIN 1925-2003

MCFARLAND, ANGLIN, KERSCH, RISSMANN, LANSER, PINS, CURTIS

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 11/5/2003 at 17:56:48

Mark P. Anglin

Telegraph Herald - Friday, September 5, 2003

Mark P. Anglin, 77, of 1910 St. Anne Court, died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa, where military rites will be accorded by the American Legion, Dubuque Post 6. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Siegert-Didesch Colonial Funeral Home, 390 N. Grandview Ave., where there will be a parish scripture wake service at 7:30 p.m.

Mr. Anglin was a fireman with the Dubuque Fire Department for 30 years, retiring in 1982.

He was born on Sept. 25, 1925, in Dubuque, son of Mark and Rose (McFarland) Anglin. He married Patricia Kersch, and the two shared their lives together for 56 years.

Mark was born and raised in Dubuque. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a recipient of the Bronze Star.

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 510. He enjoyed playing golf and bridge with his friends.

Mark was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather whose family was the most important thing in his life.

Surviving are his wife, Patricia, of Dubuque; his children, Michael (Camille) Anglin, of Shelter Island Heights, N.Y., Jeffrey (Jayne) Anglin, of Dubuque, Richard Anglin, of Chicago, and Mary Beth (Bill) Rissmann, of Coto de Caza, Calif.; six grandchildren, Ryan, Kimberly, Amber and Kristen Anglin and Bridget and Mark Rissmann; and three sisters, Jeanette (Dan) Lanser, of Dubuque, Shirley (George) Pins, of Dyersville, Iowa, and Harriet Curtis, of Cascade, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A Mark P. Anglin Memorial Fund has been established.

The Anglin family wishes to extend a special thank-you to their extended family and friends and to all the health care professionals for their endless concern and support.