Mark Dickson Will be Missed by Whole Community

By Susan Motander

Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Mark Dickson died suddenly last week in South Lake Tahoe.  He was on his honeymoon.  He and his new bride Rebecca had married on August 1 of this year.  He died on August 31.  The tall, gangly, helpful person that was Mark will be missed here in Monrovia where he was raised as well as in Glendora where he has had a business for several years.  He and Rebecca were planning to move to the Lake Tahoe area soon.

In Monrovia his love of history, especially that of the Second World War, lead to his involvement with the Old Cats, the Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School graduates of the war years.  He was virtually an honorary member of the group regularly attending their Tuesday morning breakfasts.

In Glendora he was active in the Rotary Club where he was the sergeant at arms.  Sarah Flores, the current president of the Glendora Club said that Mark was the sort of person who didn’t need to be asked to do something. “He would look around, see something that needed to be done and just quietly did it.  He will be missed.”

I remember that during high school he worked at the gas station my grandmother always used and she spoke highly of “that tall young man who is so helpful.”  I think those are the things that one remembers most about him, his height and his willingness to help others.

Steve Knight, for whom he worked in those years, wrote of Mark that he “first worked for me at my service station when he was in high school back in the mid-1970s.  He and I wired the shop with stereo equipment so we could turn up the volume of the jazz greats – Miles, Maynard, Art and many others.  Mark’s love for his family, friends, music, cars and football were legendary.  We all grieve for him.”

I knew Mark in high school.  He was a few years behind me in school and also involved in the German Club.  He and Mrs. Campbell our German teacher had recently begun an email correspondence and she said that she just couldn’t believe that Mark was gone.  I think that is the general reaction of everyone.

I think anyone who knew Mark will be grieving for him now, most especially his wife Rebecca.  He and Becca were childhood sweethearts who had recently rekindled their love in the last few years.  When I last spoke with him a few days before their wedding, Becca and the wedding was all he talked about.

Mark was preceded in death by his parents, Dewey and Marjorie Dickson and his godfather, Patrick McKee.  He is survived by his wife Rebecca and her family, by his beloved sons, Patrick and Bryan, his sister Linda Newman and her family, his Uncle Dave McKibben, Cousin Charmaine Taylor and Godmother Jane McKee.

Services were held yesterday, September 9 at Douglas and Zook

Posted by Susan Motander on Sep 22nd, 2009 and filed under Obituaries. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response by filling following comment form or trackback to this entry from your site

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