Name: Murphy Funeral Homes
Address: Arlington, VA

I was fortunate to meet Mark in 2021 while serving together on the board of Georgetown Vista Condominium in Arlington, VA, his beloved home and community.  Mark served as a guiding light for proactively understanding needs, including this bench, a project he championed. While our timelines only briefly intersected, Mark was pragmatic, bright, and engaged a strong aspiration for upholding community values. His work will be preserved, respected, and continued. The GVC community loves you Mark. For you and your efforts. In remembrance, we installed a reminder of your service on the project you championed that will stand the test of time. I hope to continue carrying your torch of inspiration, thank you and rest in peace, Mark. -Sam

My name is Mohammad Maghame. I was Mark's pharmacist at Safeway in Rosslyn for many years up to 2018 wjen that  pharmacy was closed. Today for some unkown reason I was thinking about him. I searched his name and this came up. I was going to touch bases with him but unfortunately its too late now. I also attended his brother Jessie's memorial on Mark's invitaion.
Please reach out to your friends and make them feel good before they are gone.
Mark, rest in peace my friend.
🖤

I was so sorry to learn of Mark’s passing. I always appreciated his support, advice and counsel during my County Board campaigns and while serving from 2014-2018. 

Mark could always be counted on for candid advice and recommendations on environmental and development issues, as well as civic and neighborhood concerns in his beloved Rosslyn as well as Arlington as a whole. 

RIP Mark.  John Vihstadt



Mark Antel was a truly great person and will be dearly missed! I was lucky enough to know him and serve with him on the Board of HACA and HFA. Thank you for your activism and all you did, Mark. 

Baruch Dayan HaEmes
Never forget meeting Mark at HFO in FL in 2014 and our long conversations about everything yiddishkeit (Jewish) to peace in the world to everything hemophilia.
Zikhrono livrakha MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING.  Hamakom y’nachem etchem b’toch sh’ar availai tziyon ee yerushalayim May God comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Shelo ted’u od tza’ar – That you should know no further sorrow. May his  Memory bring only joy.


I have lived across the street from his and Judy's house in Grecia for about 7 years.  When my husband was alive, Mark would come often for coffee on our porch.  Since then, Mark usually would holler going by my gate to greet me and chat.  

Every time I come or go or see their house or his dog Sarita,  I have a sore spot in my heart knowing that I will not see him again. He will be missed greatly.

I met Mark a decade ago when we were both involved in opposing a major County development initiative. I remember him as a listener and a reconciler and I was very glad that our paths had crossed. I'm so sorry to learn of his passing and send my condolences to his family and friends.

I know Mark as a strong advocate for people with bleeding disorders and an important part of the Hemophilia Association of the Capital Area (HACA) family. I love reading how he affected people outside of those circles as well. He was a force for change, no matter what the cause. Mark always made a point to attend our fall fundraising walk and our Chapter Education Day each year, where we saw him on March 25, just a few days before he passed. I know that many of our HACA members are so glad they had one last visit with him. We will continue our advocacy work for people with bleeding disorders in his memory.  

Mark and I were not only partners for 25 years, but also close friends in high school. During that time my younger brother Jim looked up to Mark as a rode model and idolized him. As adults he and Mark, both  well read intellectuals and avid writers, exchanged long letters over the years, letters full of politics, history, literature, and philosophy. 
When I notified Jim that Mark had passed away, he replied 
"I deeply loved Mark for about 60 years and when he became ill I prayed for him. Along with his sort of charisma, which was so attractive, and his intelligence, Mark had an essential goodness, a purity of his heart, a passion for whatever he thought was true or just."
Judy

Mark was a Better Government Activist in the era when there was a lively debate in various public forums about Arlington's future.  That was before public debate was largely curtained by County Government, which has been controlled by one political party for four decades. So sad.  But it's great to read that Mark had a long, happy, and productive life, despite hemophilia.

Mark was always supportive of my annual runs for local office even when I was written off as a perennial candidate, because he appreciated the environmental issues at stake. This was undoubtedly because of Mark's career at EPA. Mark was a role model for the environmental movement.

I am Mirian Andrade, I am from Bolivian I used to work for Mr. Mark. I will miss him very much.  We used to take long walks enjoying the seasons spring and summer. We used to also go to the pool I used to feel happy watching him swim, he was very good at swimming. He also like going to the jacuzzi, but now that he’s left I will always remember him. I am very sure he’s with god now. Because he was a good person. Mr mark was a right and honest man. 

Prayers are with you and your family may God comfort you in this time of grief stay strong hemophilia of Virginia family. He was a great blood brother and advocate I'll miss him dearly it was a pleasure to meet and know him. God bless you and your family
 Jeron Hill Blood brother and hemophilia b advocate 

I was quite distressed to hear about Mark's passing.  I will miss him.
He was a very good friend and community collaborator, and I truly  admired and respected his   commitment to worthy causes, local and national.
Stan Karson

Our condolences to your family. I had the pleasure of knowing Mark  sitting on a panel or two with him to help educate others. He was a very genuine and compassionate individual who always put others first and always wanted to help and educate. He was a great friend to have and is deeply missed, until we meet again rest easy and enjoy your glorified body.

Kira, Mara and Zev - Thinking about your dad, his special relationship with you all and sending lots of love your way. 

OBITUARY

Mark Reuel Antell

19 November, 1946 – 29 March, 2023

Murphy Funeral Homes

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