Mark Lewis McConkie

On the fun side, Mark was a leader in the Mormon community, and something of a prepper, and he took me to their prep center in Southeast Colorado Springs and showed me how it was done. He also introduced me to their employment center, where Mormons who needed work were taught how to write their resumes and cover letters, how to interview, and how to conduct effective job searches. Everything about Mark was socially practical and responsible. He taught me that in prepping you had to include...

Dr. Mark McConkie was a bright light in the world of Management and Organizational science and was my colleague at the International Conference for Advances in Management (ICAM), later the International Association for Applied Management (IAAM) for 18 years. He was a just a moral man who was interested with me in the issues of public morality and civic virtue, and he got my best article ever published as the masthead piece for a major journal out of Penn State. He was one of the most stalwart...

Bishop McConkie honored my zone by coming to speak to us in a Zone meeting in Colorado Springs back in 1982. It was there I first learned from him that the whole world was Eden and the garden was Eastward in Eden. I told him of my interaction with his father during a family home evening I had attended just before going into the MTC in Provo and how his dad just stared at me the whole time. He laughed and said how his dad got a kick out of doing that because people became convinced he could...

YOU ALWAYS ENCOURAGED THIS WIDOW TO MOVE FORWARD..YOUR LOVE OF WORDS AND POETRY KEEPS INSPIRING ME TO COMPOSE POETRY WRITE HYMNS..THANK YOU FOR SHARING LDS SPIRIT.

I was shocked to just learn of Mark's passing. We were colleagues at UCCS many years ago and I valued his friendship and wise counsel. I know his light will continue to shine through his family and those whose life he touched.

I was saddened to receive a copy of Mark's obituary in an email. I knew Mark all through elementary school. He was always kind, shy and felt awkward during those early years in Wilford Stake. We enjoyed a friendship that I have treasured all of these years. I've seen Mark a few times, just to say hello after some speaking engagement. I grabbed a picture of Mark from sixth grade. These are the school crossing guards. Mark is on the top row (being the tallest) farthest on the left.

Dear McConkie Family,
Very sorry to here about the passing of Mark Sr. Mary Ann, Take solace in the fact that you and Mark did an outstanding and incredible job of raising 9 great children. God bless all of you.
Sincerely, Tony Geonetta

We have wonderful memories of President McConkie's gentle, patient, and good-humored guidance as we served in the Colorado Colorado Springs Mission. HIs is a life to emulate! Our prayers are with Sister McConkie and the rest of his family! We cherish his friendship.

Your Kindness will never be forgotten. I often think back to my 3 months of living in your basement in Colorado Springs while I looked for a job, found a home and became reunited with my wife and kids. It was a trying time in my life, but your kind words of encouragement got me through. You set a wonderful example of how to live the gospel and what priorities really look like. Thank you for your example.