Death of one of our own

Our thoughts and prayers are with Mark’s family.

-- Coffee is best with a fine layer of sawdust on top. -- http://www.north40custom.com

Mike, I want to thank you for bearing the burden of sharing. My heart is heavy upon reading this but thankyou for letting us know. My deepest sympathy to his wife and family. Mark had a great heart for sharing and for others. He will be greatly missed.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

You bet Todd, he was always the first to give someone an ataboy. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Mike,
Please pass word on to Mark’s family that we are saddened and made poorer by his passing. Thank you again for keeping us apprised of Mark’s situation, even though the outcome was not as we prayed and hoped would be the case.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

You know I will Doug. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Mike -

Thank you so much for keeping us up-to-date as Mark approached his surgery. This has been an incredibly kind gesture for all of us that knew Mark. This was a very difficult message to receive. Mark was truly generous with his support, advice and spirit. I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers. Please pass on our sympathy to his wife and family when you are in contact.

David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Thank you Mike for letting us know. Mark not only welcomed my participation here when I first came aboard but has supported me and many others here. I have only known Mark here on LJ and will miss his presence. He and his family will be in our prayers.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

my condolences to his family and friends

God Speed

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

Mike thank you for letting us know about the passing of our brother Mark. I communicated with him a couple of weeks ago and we exchanged phone numbers. I was going to get in touch with him after the Holidays and we were to get together on my next visit to my son’s house in Baton Rouge. Something will surely be lacking on that next trip.

We have lost a good friend and dedicated craftsman. Go in Peace Mark, and know that you will be missed by many.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

I am very sad to hear about Mark passing away. I will miss him. My condolences to his wife, family and friends.

-- Praki, Aspiring Woodworker

The passing of our dear friend Mark Oscorner has prompted me to give some thought to what would happen to the significant tool investment that I have in my shop – should my time come unexpectedly. I’m sure that many of you LumberJocks have significant investments in your tools and your (mine included) wives/husbands have no clue as to the value of the tools in our shops. A friend of mine had a cousin that passed away a few years ago. He had thousands of dollars worth of tools in his shop and upon his passing his wife had no idea what the tools were worth. One of the nice men that she went to church with offered to come by and look at the tools and made her an offer. His offer was $500 for all of them and he was such a friend that he would actually haul them away for her and clean up the empty shop space! She was thrilled to get $500 for all of those dirty old junkie tools.

This makes me realize that I don’t want this to happen to my wife. I will go through my shop and attach a value to each and every tool in my shop and either give her the list or give it to one of my sons – so that when the times comes my wife can get a fair deal on the equipment (unless one of my boys takes them, and that will be fine).

God Bless You Mark.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

God Bless You Mark. We will all miss you here :(
Mike, extend our condolences to his family please.

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Martin_Sojka/1357216976

Mark was one of the first to welcome me to LumberJocks – he made me feel very welcome and I was thrilled to learn that we shared a common faith in Christ.

Death is always a sad event, but less so when one is a believer. He’s in a far better place and must be chuckling to himself at our sadness – “If they only knew”, I can hear him saying, “they would be rejoicing at the my good fortune”. Of course, his dear wife and family will miss him, and to them I pass on my deepest condolences.

We will miss you, buddy, but some day we will talk about those woodworking projects. And I bet Jesus will be in on the conversation – he was a carpenter, so Mark will feel right at home with the big Lumberjock.

God bless.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

I am adding my prayer for a brother who has gone to be with the Lord.

-- Maplewood, MN

Sorrow is in my heart but I know Mark is where he can feel none of that pain he had here on earth. Thank you Mike for sharing.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

He was the one who challenged me to post a project. An encouraging kind of a dare. Kindly extend my and the LJ community’s sympathy to his wife and family.

-- "Real jocks do it on a bench"

Never know, he might be standing there in the spirit world looking over your shoulder. Please pass on condolences for the familey. s/f

-- www.flickr.com/photos/egamarine/

Mark was one of the first to welcome me to Lumberjocks.My condolences to his family and friends.

-- dave montreal

I am truly saddened by this news.

Marks constant encouragement and words of support will be missed.

There will be a void, with his absence.

May his gentle soul rest.

May God bless his soul.

Mike … thank you for being there for us, as a messenger.

-- Dusty

What an amazing group of people populate this site.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

So sorry to hear about fellow jock Mark. My prayers are with his family.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Mike Thanks for bringing us the news. I have wondered how we could / can support one another to make sure that if anything happens that this community finds out and is able to provide assistance as we are able.

If it’s a buddy system of sorts that we feel we are able to keep in touch with so that we can keep one another aware of family or personal problems.

It would be a shame to just have a name on a bunch of posts to just quite appearing and for no one to know why.

Mike I thanks you for being a friend to Mark and for making us aware of this tragic news.

Mark our prayers are with your family now, may you rest in the great peace that you not been able to have in the last few years. be with the Lord and save your projects that we will be able to share them with you when we arrive home.

God bless you brother. Finish your Chess table with Jesus the great LumberJock.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I am very sorry to hear of Marks passing . My condolences go out to his family and friends .
I talk to Mark 3 weeks ago and he was in a world of pain . It is sad to lose you Mark but it is a little comforting to know you are no longer in pain. Rest in peace buddy.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

mike, i did not know your friend mark. but please pass on my condolances to his family. if you talk to them.

it is always so hard to lose a friend. will send a prayer to you and his family. god bless

-- pat,ohio...http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/patshwigar/

I’m sure Mark has already starting selecting lumber for his next project from the vast stock of Heaven’s lumber yard. He will be missed, but there is comfort in knowing that he will never again know the pain that plagued him here on Earth. This world has lost one of it’s greatest craftsman, and Lumberjocks has lost one of it’s pioneers who played a major role in shaping this community into what it is today. Lumberjocks will never quite be the same without him, but even though he can no longer leave his positive feedback for us I’m sure he will be reading every post and admiring every project from his PC in the sky.

—Jesus is Lord.

Goodbye Mark… until we meet again…

-- JP, Shelbyville, KY

May God bless you and his family at this time of need. My condolences to all.
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

Mike it is good that you let the community know of Mark’s leaving. We are less for the loss. My prayers for his family will be added to the host of others here.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

My sincere prayers of condolence to the family during this sad time.

-- Living on the square...

sorry to hear about this . my thoughts are with him.

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

thank you Mike for sharing this news with us.

It doesn’t matter whether we’ve met a friend “in person” or not … the loss is just as strong.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thank you Mike,

I was shocked, & saddened by your news.

Mark was on my mind early this morning, & I had sent

him a private message just before reading your Blog.

It’s hard to think of how fragile life really is, & we all should take in everything that life has to offer, &

be thankful for every moment we are here on God’s earth.

Barb, & I send our prayers out to everyone in the Lumberjocks Family .

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Thank you Mike. I sure feel the loss. Mark added a lot to the special quality of this fellowship.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Thanks Mike for keeping us updated and Mark and his family will certainly be in our thoughts and prayers. Please pass on all of our condolences.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Our prayers are with Mark and his family. I’m quite taken aback by this. I just had a conversation online with Mark just seemingly a few days ago. I’m very sorry to hear this. Mark had a good spirit. He will be missed.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I have Mark’s Home address and his home phone number. I’m trying to contact the family to see if it is OK to pass it out.

I will not post it here but I’ll send it via a private message or regular e-mail. Please let me know if you would like to receive it.

Karson@lumberjocks.com
karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Mark was one of the first people to welcome me here and was always supportive of this place and the efforts of the members.
We shall all miss him.
Speciall condolences to Marks family.

Sincerely
Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Thanks everyone, Mark was my friend, he was a very spiritual person and was glad to share that with everyone. I’ve been trying since the 17th to contact him and that is the last I heard from him. He sounded concerned, but not scared. He was in a terrible amount of pain but was afraid to take the painkillers they gave him, I assured him the were none addictive and to take as many as he needed to stop the pain and to not chase the pain but rather stay ahead of it. He finally listened to my suggestion and got to feeling so good he went back into his shop and started woodworking again, I advised him against that and he assured him he did not need that advice that he could hardly move from doing it. Since the operation on the 18th I’ve sent emails everyday, trying to find out how it went, finally sending a private email to his personal email address. Yesterday I received the email from his wife. It was short with nothing in it other than mentioning her grief and Marks death. Leaving me quite stunned. Thanks for everyones support, I will miss Mark too, he was a good friend, as I said, and allways there with a helpful hint or offering some kind of helpful idea. I will miss Mark. Someone said it best, hes in a better place now, and probably has all the new tools. Dear Lord Please Take Care of My Speacial Friend Mark. Yours in Christ, Mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

My sympathy to the family. Mark is in a better place, but his family grieves and will miss him. They will be on my prayer list. Mike – place let Mark’s family know just how much he meant to all of us here at LJ’s. He will be missed.

-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!

He was the first to welcome me to LJ’s as well. He always had words of encouragement – He will be missed, . Thanks for letting us know Mike.

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Mike, Thanks for the information. I had recently had a PM from Mark and he seemed ready to get the problem taken care of. He also seemed to be at peace with everthing. I left a Pm for his family , please tell them to look at his page on the web site. I’m sure there will be many others as well. He will be missed.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Mike, thank you for passing along the sad news. I am also one of the many on here that received Marks greetings when I first signed on. I also read with interest all that he posted, and his knowledge was a great help to me as a new woodworker. Please pass along my prayers to his family.

-- Guy Kroll

He was also one of the first to welcome me to LJ. My thoughts are with his family.
He will be missed.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

Earlier today I added a small black banner in the left corner of my avatar as a token of respect for Mark, his commitment to his craft, his friends and this site. Tom(Mot) decided to borrow it, and I thought it would be the decent thing to provide it to any who might care to have access to it.

For those of you who would care to “fly your flag at half-mast” in memoriam to Mark, I have provided a graphic available for you to use for this purpose available at this folder.
There is a photoshop psd. file and a tiff, both with a transparent background, plus a jpeg with a white background that you can paste your current picture into. Anyone needing help with this please send me an PM.
At least in my own case, I planned on keeping the memorial there through the end of the year.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

add me to the list that was welcomed by mark . and add my condolences as well .

Thats too bad..I looked and he was one of the first to welcome me also. My condolences to his friends and family.

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

Thank you for letting us know Mike. I am sorry to hear Mark is gone. He will definitely be missed.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Mike, God Bless you for doing this for Mark & his family and for the LumberJocks community.

I never met Mark in person but I could tell that Mark is one of those guys that everyone was glad to know. The kind of guy that no one ever spoke negatively about because he was always positive, supportive, and helpful. I could tell that he was genuine & sincere, the “real deal.” This makes the loss of him that much greater. Knowing the type of man he was though, he would be satisfied to know that he was greatly appreciated by all and that everyone cherishes how he served and touched everyone that knew him.

He is the embodiment of my signature line. He truly acheived GREATNESS.

-- Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and love.

I’m very sad to hear this news. Mark was from the same hometown as my wife. He and I had e-mailed about our familys. He seem to to be a very nice man.

so sad…Mark you will be missed…my heart is heavy…thank you for being who you were…I hope you stay in my life…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...142 days to sanity...