Mark T. Hughes

Hughes, Mark T.
Pittsford, NY: 49, died Friday, October 26, 2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was born May 28, 1958 in Pottstown, PA, a son of Thomas M. Hughes Jr. of Derry and the late Jeannine A. Silvis Hughes.
Mark was a 1977 graduate of Derry Area High School and a 1981 graduate of Penn State University with a B.S. in Agricultural Education. Mark was a person with a perpetual smile and befriended everyone he came in contact with. He was an avid Moody Blues fan having attended 24 of their concerts throughout the country. Mark has been very active in scouting since he was young and helped in coaching soccer and baseball. Mark formerly had taught in the Blairsville School District and was a FFA Member and advisor. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsford, NY and in January had volunteered on a mission trip with the church to Pearlington, MS for continued Katrina relief. Mark had been a GCSAA (Golf Course Superintendents Association of America) member for 16 years. He had become a Certified Golf Course Superintendent in 2002 and recertified in March 2007. He was a member of 2006 & 2007 GCSAA Education Committee and was a chapter delegate: Finger Lakes GCSA 2006-2007. He was a current member of the Finger Lakes GCSA and the Greater Pittsburgh GCSA and had been a former member of New Jersey and Mountain & Valley GCSA. Since 2005 Mark had been serving as the Golf Course Superintendent at the Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, NY. He formerly had been Assistant Superintendent at Laurel Valley Golf Club (1981-1982 & 1989-1990), and Oakmont Country Club 1991-1992 and Gold Course Superintendent at Allegheny Country Club (1992-2000) and Baltusrol Golf Club (2000-2005).
Besides his father Mark is survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Lisa A. Smail Hughes; his 2 loving sons, Justin T. and Erik M. Hughes both of Pittsford; 2 brothers, David P. Hughes and his wife Sandy and Gerald J. Hughes and his wife Dawn of Derry; his sister, Lila H. and her husband Steve Gularski of Derry; his mother-in-law, Lois Jane Smail of Lakeland, FL; several aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received Friday from 2-4 & 6-9pm in the McCabe Funeral Home, 300 W. Third Avenue, Derry. A funeral service will be conducted Saturday at 11am in the Derry Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Helen H. Kester officiating. Everyone is asked to go directly to the church.
Memorials may be made to: First Presbyterian Church, Church St., Pittsford, NY 14534 or Mark T. Hughes Memorial Fund c/o PNC Bank, Attn: Mark Cody, PO Box 44, Whitehouse, NJ 08888. Condolences to:

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