Edward H. Mark / 1926-2008
Published 8:12 am Saturday, April 26, 2008
By Staff
Edward H. Mark, 81, of Buchanan, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at Inwood Hills Estates, South Bend, Ind., following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 28, at Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.
Interment will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
He was born on Sept. 23, 1926, in Newark, N.J. to Louis and Julia (Klein) Mark.
He graduated form high school in Newark and then the Newark College of Engineering.
Mark had lived in this area since 1961. He managed several manufacturing firms, including Packard Industries, which he founded in 1966. In 1996, he passed Packard Industries to the next generation.
He collected Packard cars.
On April 26, 1952, in Newark, N.J., he married the former Donna M. Tiemann, who survives.
Additional surviving family includes their 10 children, Catherine (Alfredo Torano) Mark of Spain, Mary Mark-Nerbach of Michigan, Louis Mark of Michigan, Steve Mark of Illinois, Julia Mark of Colorado, John (Vera) Mark of Illinois, Karen Mark of Indiana, Daniel (Carole) Mark of Wyoming, Jacob (Jill) Mark, Thomas Mark of Colorado and nine grandchildren, Raquel, Francisco, Michael, Lane, Elias, Angelina, Sarah, Sophie and Samuel.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Melvin Mark.
Memorials may be made to the Mayo Clinic Simulation Center.
Arrangements were by Halbritter Funeral Home, Niles.