Mark E. Markes, 65, of Kearney, died Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Good Samaritan Hospital Kearney. A Memorial Mass will be on Friday, May 30, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church in Kearney. Fr. Joe Hannappel will officiate. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, June 1, 2014 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m. in Bison, OK. Fr. Edward Menasco will officiate and burial will follow in the Bison, OK Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Friday at the church in Kearney and Monday at the Church in Bison. Memorials are suggested to the Kearney area animal shelter, Care of the Markes Family. A message of condolence, tribute or memory can be left at www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Services of Kearney and Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home in Enid, OK are in charge of arrangements.

Mark was born on November 8, 1948 in Enid, Oklahoma to Vincent E. and Marcella M. (Krejci) Markes. He attended Pioneer High School in Waukomis, OK and graduated with the class of 1967. Mark then attended Oklahoma State University where he earned a Bachelors of Science Degree in Physics in1971 and later a PhD in Physics in 1978. He married Cecelia Trecia Hill on May 10, 1974 in Stillwater, OK. Mark and Trecia settled in Colorado Springs where Mark worked for Kaman Sciences from 1980-1992. Later they moved to Kearney where Mark was an Associate Professor in the Physics Department at UNK. Mark retired from teaching at UNK in 2011. He was a member of the St. James Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.

Surviving relatives include his Wife, Trecia of Kearney; Son, David E. Markes of Omaha, NE; Daughter, Maryann C. Markes and her Husband Christopher Moore of Medford, OR; Parents, Vincent and Marcella Markes of Bison, OK; Brothers, Tim and Gale Markes of Douglas, OK, Alan and Karyn Markes of Drummond, OK, Mike Markes of Bison, OK; Sisters, Francine and Steve Longmire of Lone Wolf, OK, Carol and Ron Boyer of Fredonia, KS, Karen Ray of Chandler, OK; Numerous Nieces and Nephews.