In Memory

Mark Foos

Mark Foos

Obituary from Billings Gazette  (Thanks to Gary Armstrong for sending this to us.)

Mark Lionell Foos

Mark Lionell Foos, 55, of Billings, beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend, died early Friday morning, March 5, 2003, at his home.

Mark was born Sept. 12, 1948, in Billings, the son of Ted and Jeannine Foos. He graduated from Senior High in 1966,  and served his country in the Army during the Vietnam crisis, but was not overseas.

Mark was a lover of family, friends and the challenges this life has. Daily he fought hard against the cancer battling in his body. He and Sheila were married May 1, 1992, in Billings, and have been the owners of City Cab and Transportation Services serving the community.

Mark loved our Lord Jesus and lovingly and gladly served as a member of the Billings Seventh Day Adventist Church (West End) and more recently in the Heights Seventh Day Adventist Church. Even while battling cancer, he would sing praises and thank God for the many blessings bestowed upon him and his family.

He is survived by his parents Ted and Jeannine Foos; wife, Sheila; and son, Jordan, all of Billings; his daughter, Melissa, of Grand Junction, Colo.; his brother, Kelly (Jackie) of Las Vegas; brother, Kevin of Billings; brother, Mike (Sonja) of Gillette, Wyo., and sister, Leann (Anthony) Ulmer of Palm City, Fla.; his grandmother, Jenny Willson, of Billings, and many other extended loving family members.

Mark, you truly were a man of Psalm 1. We will all love and miss you, and remember you till we meet again in Heaven.
Visitations will begin Tuesday morning at Smith Downtown Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 3200 Broadwater. Cremation will follow the services. Memorials are suggested to the Northern Rockies Cancer Center.



 
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11/03/15 11:07 PM #1    

Gary Armstrong

I didn't meet Mark until our sophomore year but found him to be an easy and engaging person to whom one could relate.  He had a unique sense of humor which was not always appreciated by some of the teachers.  Two books we read in Miss Strutz's English class were A Tale of Two Cities by Charles and Dickens and Kim by Rudyard Kipling.  When Miss Strutz asked Mark if could briefly summarize the theme of A Tale of Two Cities his response of "A stitch in time saves nine lamas" was not appreciated by the teacher.    When he was campaigning for either a Student Body or Class office position there were posted around the halls footprints (he called them foosprints) with the invitation to vote for him.  He had a great characteristic with his sense of humor in that he liked to laugh with people, but not at people.  It was good to connect with him at our twenty year union.  Like some others he will be missed at the 50 year reunion.  It is good that his journey in life intersected with ours at different points along the way.

 

 

 

 


11/04/15 11:30 AM #2    

David Lundin

If my memory will allow it , Mark was a one of a kind, we chatted a bit from time to time, Mark was the man who told me ," if you can't laugh at your self then don't laugh at others,"  which was the same thing my dad would tell me and my 5 brothers and when I joined the Navy in May of 1967 Mark was the man that stepped up and bought my 1962MGA Mark2 and got me out of det before I was off to Nam, he was a true Gentilman and will be missed I am certain,I am sure we will meet again up where the Big Guy Resides , Love them both forever!! David Lundin


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