February 18, 1946 – July 21, 2025
at the age of 79 years:

  A Celebration of Mark’s life will be held on Sunday, August 17th at 2:00 pm at Sorrento Evangelical Free Church at Cedar Heights Social Centre, on Cedar Drive in Blind Bay.     

We will miss Mark, his sense of humour, his love for people and his fondness for making a deal. Mark went to be with our Lord on Monday, July 21, after a long battle with cancer leaving behind his wife Jasmine and daughter Allyson, two sons from a previous marriage with Connie, Matthew (Laura) and Andrew (Krista), five grandchildren, a sister, Deirdre (Bill) and a brother Brian, (Emma).
Mark was born in Southampton, England, and as a young child travelled with his missionary parents to China and then to Japan and eight years later eventually to Swan River, Manitoba. After six years in Taylor Elementary, his family moved again with Mark and his sister to Bangkok. Eventually the two young people attended a boarding school in Dalat, Vietnam. In 1965 Mark came to Rocanville, Saskatchewan, to finish his grade 12. He attended the University of Saskatchewan and obtained his B.Ed. Mark moved to Lloydminster where Matthew and Andrew were born.
Mark was a superb teacher and high school principal in both Lloydminster and Okotoks.  In 2000, Mark decided to move to China to teach. He taught at several schools and then in 2003 he was selected as the first principal for Sino Canada School near Shanghai, a British Columbia Offshore School, and his students remember him fondly.
While in China Mark met and married Jasmine and in 2018 he retired and they moved to Canoe so that Allyson could finish her schooling in Canada.  
A Celebration of Mark’s life will be held on Sunday, August 17th at 2:00 pm at Sorrento Evangelical Free Church at Cedar Heights Social Centre, on Cedar Drive in Blind Bay.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Hospice Society in Salmon Arm: support@shuswaphospice.ca