Saturday, August 6, 2022
Mary and the Widsten family, please accept my condolences for your loss. I met Mark at Mattocks grade school and was a classmate through our graduation from St. Paul Central, class of 1963. During those earlier I played pickup hockey and basketball with Mark and we both earned our Eagle Scout awards at the same time. At the U of MN. Mark, Jerry Sevlie and I attended all of the Gopher Football, basketball (on one memorable occasion the 3 of us snuck in thru the fire escape door and stood behind the last row of seats for the Michigan Gopher duel between Lou Hudson and Cazzie Russell matchup when the fire marshal would not allow anymore student fans) and hockey games. We had some great times.
As I read his obituary, I too spent many winters also skiing in Colorado, Utah, Montana and other western states.
I recall he had moved to Chicago and was working with Proctor and Gamble.
Following college, I lost track of Mark and Jerry.
Mark, may you RIP.
Thoughts and prayers for your loss.
Mick Banholzer, Shoreview, MN
