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for MARK PETIX
S Krom
August 13, 2012
I had the pleasure of working with Mark for several years. He had a crazy sense of humor and yet could be very compassionate at the same time. I true good guy~
The MacInnes's
August 13, 2012
Mark was a kind, wonderful person. Much sympathy to my long-time dear friend Wilma and to his charming wife, Tena. May they find some solace from all his friends and family.
Garnett & Ian MacInnes
Pam Chaffee
August 13, 2012
Although I never knew Mark after High School, I attended Northmont, Parkway & Grossmont with him and he was always a very friendly guy. My condolences to his wife, mom and family.
E'Louise Ondash
August 12, 2012
I was so sorry to hear of Mark's death. I worked with Mark at the Times Advocate in the late '80s. Our desks were next to each other. I remember him as a kind soul with an understated but stinging sense of humor. He knew just what to say and when to say it. Although I was older than he, journalism was my second career and I was new to the newsroom. I agonized over every feature I wrote. I'll always remember the time when Mark told the editor that he'd have his story in by deadline (three hours away) although he hadn't even started. I couldn't beleive it when he made good on the promise without breaking a sweat. I was in awe...
My condolences to his family.
August 11, 2012
Tena, It seems only yesterday that you got married. My friend Brenda Davis and I helped to decorate your home and backyard for your wedding and time certainly flies. How could it be 17 years ago?
Mark was a special man; may he rest in peace until you join him. God Bless you both.
Annette Spies
August 10, 2012
Dear Tena, You are in my prayers. May God watch over both you and Mark. Lynn McCown
John Parsons
August 10, 2012
Mrs. Petix, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Mark and I were good friends all through school. He always put a smile on my face and could be counted on as a kind and genuine friend. I have been swimming all my life (that is after you taught Mark, me, and the rest of the neighbor kids to swim in your pool) I fondly remember Mark and Steve, think of them often, and thank them for the lives they led that made ours a little better.
Bill Waltermire
August 10, 2012
Mrs. Petix...you have my deepest sympathy in the passing of Mark. I recall fondly the days of playing baseball with Steve in little league and Mark in Pony as well as attending Parkway and Grossmont together. I pray that God grant you his grace and daily peace in your loss.
With love always, Bill Waltermire
Debbie Wendel
August 10, 2012
Dear Petix Family, my heart goes out to you, I am Debbie Wendel who went all through school with Mark. I took backyard swim classes at your house too! Mark was such a great guy, Northmont, Parkway and Grossmont memories. I also later in life worked in LA with Mark's Aunt Connie, small world and kept in touch with the Petix's that way, RIP Mark, Steve, Connie...my thoughts are with you. Debbie
Etheleen Glismann
August 9, 2012
Wilma, our hearts go out to you. Our family remembers you fondly: through Northmont, Parkway Junior High School, and Grossmont High School. We keep you in our hearts . . .
Scott, Rex, Barbara Carroll, and Etheleen.
Eleanor Small
August 9, 2012
Tena
I am so sorry for your loss. I will keep you and Mark in my prayers.
Love, Eleanor
Steven Kelly
August 9, 2012
Another legendary Foothiller has passed through to the other side. and although it saddens me deeply, at very least, I know you are now with some of our very best . . . and that's where you always belonged. See you down the road my friend.
Bob Thorn
August 9, 2012
Mark, you were always so witty and quick with a line, I still sometimes crack myself up thinking about something you said more than 40 years ago. Now, I am saddened to learn you left this world way too soon. Even though we fell out of touch after high school as people often do, I was comforted by the fact that you were still in our world making someone else's day with a kind word or quick joke. You, my friend, will be missed. May peace be with you and your loved ones.
Steve Thorn
August 8, 2012
I am profoundly saddened by the news of my high school friend and a writer who was an exemplary member of the Fourth Estate. His humor, compassion and mastery of the Queen's English will be his legacy. He made a difference. Love, Steve
Joe Cabaniss
August 8, 2012
I met Mark through his brother Steve, a colleague at the Daily Californian. I remember when the three of us used to meet at my house in OB for beers and wide-ranging conversations.
Mark was always quick with a quip, punctuated by a mischievous smile that worked in concert with his eyebrows, which he would raise and lower Groucho Marx style. He was a sweet, sensitive, charming guy with a lust for life.
And when the Petix brothers got together (they were inseparable) the result was a battle of one-liners. I recall a weekend trip to Rosarito Beach in Baja when the two kept everyone in stitches with their running repartee.
Mark, I'll always remember the wonderful times with you and Steve. Godspeed.
Veemac boys in their home made swim suits
Mike Boyd
August 8, 2012
Mark,
As I write this and I remember you, I have this enormous flood of memories from our childhood that I will always hold dear. I've read so many amazing tributes to you written by your peers and friends from your adult life that talk about your wit and wry smile, your ability to tell a story. I know where that all started because I was blessed to witness it in the early years. I'll always remember the whiffle ball world series in the Petix's backyard. Each game featuring your, Steve's and my abbreviated rendition of the National Anthem, the strato-matic baseball leagues we would use to fill time during our summers between trips to the beach when we have to scrounge enough quarters for gas to get that old Buick down to Mission and back.The table hockey games that often got so competitive that real fights broke out. Interlaced amongst all of these memories was you gift for pun. I can see your Mom rolling her eyes at your persistent attempts to find humor in almost anything. Most of my tastes in music are rooted in the hours we spent listening to the latest album by Cream or the Beatles or the Who with you and Steve in your room in the house on Veemac. I know why you hated the Dodgers so much. We must have been 9 or 10 years old when you told me that your Grandfather was unhappy with the way the O'Malleys evicted so many of the poor who called Chavez Ravine their home in order to build Dodger Stadium. Civil Rights way before it was cool. That must have been a source of your wonderful compassion. And the food, I'm pretty sure I could smell the sausage your Dad was cooking clear down the street from our house. I would make sure I timed my visits in the hopes of being invited to stay for a great pasta dinner (I usually was). This week I downloaded a recipe that a friend of yours had posted for Lasagna Petix. I will, in the near future, make an attempt to re-create that amazing taste so that my family can appreciate what they will miss.
Good-bye for now my friend, I'll see you again someday, just not yet,
love Mike
Sharon Wilson-Ogul
August 8, 2012
Love you Mark. I will remeber your smile and the fun talks we had. Gods peace to you.
David Ogul
August 8, 2012
Mark,
You and Stephen will always live on in my heart. Sharon and I love you very much.
Jerry Brown
August 8, 2012
My condolences to Wilma & Susie. Mark was such a great guy!! I'll never forget the hours of Strat-O-Matic baseball we used to play, Sunday's at the Petix's having their traditional Spaghetti & Steak meals, listening to music, borrowing armloads of albums (what a good sport he was). Mark, I'll miss ya! We lost a great one.
Elizabeth Koehrn
August 8, 2012
Mark, I am so sad that I will no longer run into you for a wonderful chat when you visit your mom. It was so nice to see that as we both grew up and older that you hadn't lost your sense of fun and puns. You inherited many sweet traits from both of your amazing parents. I always loved that twinkle in your eye. I already miss knowing that you're in our world. Love you, Buffie
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