Mark Haggerty Guns

1959 - 2022

Mark Haggerty Guns, age 63, of Elkton, MD, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022. Born on September 16, 1959, he was the son of the late Herbert and Anna Haggerty Guns.

A lifelong resident of Cecil County, Mark attended Immaculate Conception School, Salesianum, Cecil Community College, and Mount St. Mary's College.

Mark was employed at Thiokol from 1982 to 1996. He then joined W. L. Gore & Associates where he worked for 26 years. Mark's interest in calibrations resulted in the Metrology Team for Gore's Tech Division.

A devout Catholic, Mark was a member of Knights of Columbus Bishop Becker Council #25 and numerous church committees.

Active in the community, Mark was a Cecil County Commissioner from 2002 to 2008. He was also a softball coach for the Elkton Little League.

Survivors include his wife, Donna Smith Guns; children, Tabitha Horseman and Jessica Patton (Hunter), both of Salisbury, MD, Katelyn Abbott (Mike), Rising Sun, MD, Billy Knotts (Melissa), Chestertown, MD, and Heather Jarrell (Willie), Centreville, MD; grandchildren, Will and Holden Jarrell, Delaney and Dalton Knotts, Kyleigh and Gage Horseman, Carson Patton, and expected granddaughter Blakely Abbott; siblings, Ronald Guns (Linda), Nancy Ohrel, John Guns (Debbie), Sandy Whitten (Will), Lisa Guns, and Frank Guns, all of Elkton, MD, Linda Roper, Lewes, DE, Angie Guns, Odenton, MD, Peter Guns (Jolene), Rising Sun, MD, and Steven Guns (Angie), Earleville, MD.

Visitation will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Hicks Home for Funerals, 103 West Stockton Street, Elkton, MD 21921. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am., Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Immaculate Conception Church, 455 Bow Street, Elkton, MD. Interment will follow in Galena Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Immaculate Conception Church, or Cecilton Fire Company, in care of the funeral home at the above address.