Mark O. McPartland

Mark and I were classmates at RHS but barely knew each other. One day I bumped into him at work. He had just been hired. We became fast friends. Over the next 20 yrs we laughed and discussed and just always had wonderful conversations. We connected at high school reunions and Mark and I attended one together in his classic cadillac. When Mark's mom was in the hospital in Boston he was there 24hrs a day sleeping in a chair by her bed. We talked for hours as his mom slept. When he moved to...

Dear dear Mark...dear friend....my thoughts and memories of you are and will always be of a person who was always uplifting....always fun to be around. One of my fondest memories is when you and Lucky invited me to join your "riches to rags" club making the total membership of "3". We each had our own stories that qualified us for this "exclusive" membership....what fun we had. Being three creative minds we created an offshoot which worked on break through ideas to invent things that...

Dear dear Mark ...dear friend. I have such joyful memories of you....like the "riches to rags" club you Lucky and I belonged to. You and Lucky being the originators and extending an invitation to me to join. What fun we had. Then the three of us creating the "new inventions" club to create things that would truly be helpful like the tandem wheelchair so Lucky and I could easily take the folks out together....we had other ideas in the hopper too... putting our creative minds together. It...

For some time, Mark and I lived miles apart, and yet it felt as if we were right next door. We had that connection that I will always treasure. Often we shared laughs unique to us. They might have been memories from our time at Industrial Risk Insurers (IRI), old comedy bits by Steve Martin or David Letterman, or installments of my "Sports Hall of Shame" daily calendar-though I doubt he´d have been pegged as a "sports enthusiast." But that was Mark...he had a warm, welcoming, engaging...

I was sad to hear we´ve lost another member of our family. As cousins, we enjoyed holidays together, especially Thanksgiving. Mark seemed to have a special relationship with my father as they often communicated and talked about family history. My prayers for all his family and friends. Kathy McPartland Wimberly

I've known Mark for many years. One of the best and most talented, gifted guy a friend could ask for. I will miss him and his wit greatly. Hold me a spot in Heaven for when I get there. See you soon! Lucky