Mark Benjamin Marks (1916 - 2002)

Born 12 Sep 1916 in Joseph,oregon

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Biography

Mark was born in 1916. He passed away in 2002.

Sources

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRX-62TS : accessed 3 October 2021), Mr Mark Benjamin Marks, La Grande, Oregon, United States, 25 Jun 2002; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Observer, The, born-digital text.

Findagrave

Son: Mark Benjamin Marks BIRTH 30 Sep 1916 Imnaha, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA DEATH 3 Jun 2002 (aged 85) Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Enterprise Cemetery Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, USA MEMORIAL ID 76411757 · Son of Clement Lemuel Ezra Marks & Ethel Mesa Thompson Oldest of four children; 1 sister & 2 brothers

1919 Walter Clement***see below 1921 Mabel Elizabeth (Wisenor)***see below 1925 William Wendell***see below

Married Adelyne Myrtle Sanders 04 Nov 1939 Enterprise, Wallowa, OR Father of three children, 1 daughter & 2 sons

1940 Daniel Benjamin "Dan" 1942 Ella Mae (Hays) 1945 Samuel Ray***see below

Obituary Wallowa County Chieftain, Wallowa Co, OR Thu 02 Jan 2003

Mark Benjamin Marks, 85, of Enterprise, died June 3, 2002, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He served as Enterprise City Police Chief 1953-55, and as Wallowa County Sheriff from 1955-1971.

Obituary La Grande Observer, La Grande, Union Co, OR 03 Jun 2002

"Mark Marks - Enterprise - 1916-2002" Mark Benjamin Marks, 85, of Enterprise died June 3 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Enterprise Community Church. Bollman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Marks was born Sept. 30, 1916, to Clement and Ethel Thompson Marks in Freezeout Canyon on the Imnaha, where his grandparents, Benjamin and Elizabeth Marks, had homesteaded in 1889. He attended school at Joseph and Imnaha and worked on ranches in the Imnaha and Snake River country.

He served in the Army during World War II and served as chief of the Enterprise Police Department from 1953 to 1955, when he was appointed sheriff of Wallowa County to fill out the term of Clarence Booth. He continued as sheriff until he retired in 1971.

For many years he drove the Chico mail run.

Mr. Marks spent his days off working with horses, including at the sales yard on auction days. He was grand marshal for Chief Joseph Days and helped to form the Wallowa County Wranglers, a precision drill team that performed at local rodeos. He was a longtime member of the Alpine Meadows Golf Club and spent winters in Arizona to play year round. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the American Legion and the Oregon Sheriffs' Association. Survivors include his wife of Enterprise; a son, Dan Marks of Reno; a daughter and son-in-law, Elle Mae and Mike Hays of Grant's Pass; four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and a sister, Mabel Wisener of Grangeville, Idaho. A son, Sam Marks, died in 1966.

Memorials may be made to the Wallowa Valley Health Care Foundation in care of Bollman Funeral Home, 315 W. Main St., Enterprise, 97828.

Bio by: Grave Helper