Mark Edward Holder, 62, of Wolcott, entered the gates of heaven at 1:20 AM Tuesday April 19th 2022 surrounded by family.
Mark was born August 3 1959 in Lafayette, IN to Ralph and Mary (Briles) Holder
Mark was a graduate from Tri-County High School Class of 1978. In School Mark #4 as some of his old team mates still call him excelled at sports with football and baseball being his favorite sports.
He married his high school sweetheart on September 2, 1978 Debbie Poore in Wolcott, Indiana at the Methodist Church. Mark and Debbie have been married 43 years having 2 children and 15 grandchildren.
Mark was on a bowling league for many years in Remington Indiana He also enjoyed playing volleyball with friends in his earlier years. He was also an honorary PIX husband member of the Wolcott Gamma Upsilon Psi iota Xi a philanthropic sorority that his wife Debbie and daughters Karena and Karie are all members of. Mark helped with many activates planting and watering flowers in town, helping with annual cheeseball fundraiser and working at the ballpark concession stand that the sorority ran for many years.
Over the years, Mark worked in the Diesel Trucking Industry. He started working at Remington Freight Lines in August of 1978. He started working on tires and quickly learned the diesel mechanic trade learning a lot from his father Ralph Holder. Mark worked at Remington Freight Lines for 17 years he became the Director of Maintenance and Safety. Mark would often get calls from drivers with a breakdown at all hours and even in the middle of the night he could diagnose a truck and tell a driver what to do or get it towed in to be fixed. After leaving Remington Freight Lines, Mark went to work for Larry and Lisa Farney at Farneys Interstate Tire it was a little change of pace for Mark but his true love was in the Diesel Industry and he returned to the trade working for Satellite Trucking for a short period where they opened USA Truck and Trailer Repair. Mark then left to work at Rocket Express where he was instrumental in opening Fleet Services in Wolcott that did repair and maintenance for Rocket Express’s fleet of 60+ trucks and providing maintenance and repairs for local customers. Then in 2003 Mark opened his own business M&H Fleet Services Inc in Wolcott fulfilling a longtime dream of owning his own business that he ran for nearly 17 years before getting sick with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Mark had so much knowledge for all makes and models of trucks. He was always learning new things as the engines and components of trucks were changing.
Mark loved history and was always watching different documentaries you could ask him about anything and he could usually tell you about it. He loved music all genres new and old and He enjoyed old western tv shows and sports center. He was an avid sports fan. He loved the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Pittsburg Steelers. But for the most part he loved sports. Most of all Mark cherished his family his wife Debbie and Daughters Karena and Karie. When the girls were younger they would race to the door when daddy got home big hugs and wanting him to pick them both up. When the girls were younger, they enjoyed doing many things as a family going on many trips to Tennessee, Washington DC, Colorado, and the beach making many precious memories with his 3 girls. In 2000 Mark was blessed with a son when his oldest daughter Karena married Zach Price. Zach began working for Mark in 2006 and Mark taught him the diesel trade just like Marks father had taught him when he started in the business. When Mark got sick he was worried he hadn’t done a good enough job teaching and training Zach but he quickly realized he had done a much better job than he thought!
In 2001 Mark became a pappa and quickly became active in anything and everything his grands were doing. He enjoyed learning about what they were doing in school, watching them excel in sports and other activities they were involved in. Mark enjoyed helping practice sports with the grandkids especially his grandsons and also helped with some coaching. Mark was blessed with 7 grandchildren here on earth and 8 who were born angels and he now gets to be the best pappa in heaven.
Family was everything Mark cherished his time with all of them. He enjoyed watching ND football games with them. Going on annual Thanksgiving trips to the Smoky Mountains and going to the beach. He also enjoyed cruising with his wife Debbie.
Surviving Mark is his wife Debbie (Poore) Holder of Wolcott; children, daughter Karena (Zach) Price of Remington and daughter Karie Jo Holder of Wolcott. Grandchildren, Kaden (fiancé Havannah Willams), Wesley Price, Keegan Holder Bella Price, Zoie Price and Juvens Price; mother Mary (Briles) Holder of Fowler, IN; brother Jeff Holder of West Lafayette, sister Kim Holder of Fowler IN, sister Lisa (Chet) Green Warsaw OH, brother Mike (Mary) Holder Remington IN and Dwayne Holder Fowler IN. Brother and sister in-law, Danny and Connie Poore of Monticello, IN and brother-in-law, Randy Poore of Wolcott, IN. Many Uncles and Aunts Nieces Nephews also survive him.
Preceding Mark in death is his father, Ralph Holder, grandchildren Haden &Jaden, Finley, Sloan, Avery, Holden & Hunter and Scarlett Price; nephew Zachary Glen Holder; father and mother in law Alvis and Betty (Clark) Poore; grandparents Glen and Martha (Lang) Briles and Roy and Delores (Hall) Holder.
Friends may call from 2-5 PM (EST) Saturday April 23rd 2022 at the Wolcott Christian Church. Funeral service will follow directly after at 5pm at the Wolcott Christian Church.
Private inurnment will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the family or to the American Cancer Society.
