Mark H. Trower

Mark H. Trower, 56, of Lake City, passed away 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 21, 2018, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Lovington. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service Saturday at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at a later date. Memorials may be made to the A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois Prairieland Chapter or to the Lovington American Legion Post #429.

Mark was born November 13, 1961, in Springfield, the son of Robert Howard and Barbara Jean (Molzen) Trower. He married Joyce E. Gilmore on December 31, 1997, in Las Vegas, NV; she survives. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Lovington and was a Lovington High School Alumni. Mark was a motorcycle enthusiast, he also enjoyed gardening and fishing. Above all else, he loved his family and cherished the time they spent together.

He is survived by his mother, Barbara Jean Trower of Arthur; wife, Joyce of Lake City; sons, Jason Trower of Ivesdale and Josh (Melissa) Trower of Atwood; daughter, Lanna Trower of Atwood; step-sons, Chris Dugan of Lake City and Tim (Mindy) Peters of Bethany; step-daughter, Danielle (Rob) Jeffers of Long Creek; brothers, Jeff (Carolyn) Trower of Lovington, Tim (Sandy) Trower of Baraboo, WI, and Phil (Gayla) Trower of Lovington; sister, Pam Trower Wood of Sullivan; grandchildren, Jace and Tyler Trower, Chase Dugan, Ciara Thompson, Chassidy Heckwine, Colton Dugan, Abby and Bryson Peters; great-grandson, Cooper Dugan. 

He was preceded in death by his grandparents and father, Robert.
Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mcmullinyoung.com