Mark Benjamin Gordon

Mark Benjamin Gordon obituary, Chicago, IL

Mark Benjamin Gordon

Mark Gordon Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Jan. 31, 2011.
Mark Benjamin Gordon (née Mark Edstrom McGuinness), died Monday, January 31, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Dana Bree Gordon (née Del Campo), sister, Paige Beven Gordon and niece, Brooklyn Grace White of Albuquerque, mother, Terri Yvonne Day of Albuquerque, father, Patrick Robert Gordon of Rio Rancho, birth father, Kevin Edstrom McGuinness of Atlanta, GA, grandmother, Tincy Joy Day, grandfather, Robert Gordon, and grandmother, Norma Gordon. Mark was preceded in death by grandfather, Benjamin Day, grandfather, Roque McGuinness, and grandmother, Wava McGuinness. Mark was born in Albuquerque on October 27, 1977, and made his home in Chicago, Illinois. Mark was a personal trainer, and improved the lives of countless persons through his commitment to physical health and well-being and through his boundless and infectious love of life. Services will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, 1:00 p.m., at French – University Chapel, with Christine Sanders officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, 924 Menaul Blvd. NE. In lieu of flowers, Mark’s family asks that donations be made to Donate Life America, 700 N. Fourth Street, Richmond, VA 23219 or www.donatelife.net.

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