12:30 am
“But I want you to know brethren that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel.” Philippians 1:12
Many a night as I lay on the couch in Mark’s hospital room tears would run over the bridge of my nose and drip onto my pillow. I think [...]

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A wedding, a birthday, a graduation and a funeral. “The only month with no holidays,” Mark always said. Somehow in thirty-one days we will have managed to pack several months worth of emotional events into a short time span. Mark fought valiantly in life for the first three; as a family we will fulfill his [...]

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9:20
Mark Dixon Walz passed into the arms of Savior this evening at approximately 8:05. Mark Jr., Randee, Ruth Ann Shepherd and I approached his bedside as we noticed a change in Mark’s breathing pattern. He opened his eyes. His emaciated lips drew back into a smile as he inhaled his final breath.
I include his obituary [...]

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