Mark A Lehman Sr.

Mark was a retired laborer for Modern Foundry and Kettler Casting. He was a past president of the Molders Local 182. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Belleville, Illinois, and the NRA. He loved hunting, fishing and was an avid gardener.

Mark is preceded in death by his parents, Philip J. and Irma E., nee Bogner, Lehman; sisters, Ilene Rueter and Glenda Lehman.

Mark is survived by his children, Mark A. Lehman, Jr., of Belleville, Illinois, Sarah E. Lehman of Belleville, Illinois and Melissa Hanson of St. Clair, Missouri; grandchild, Austin Twitchell; siblings, Dorothy (Ron) Seitz of Belleville, Illinois, Rosemary (Willard) Uffelmann of Red Bud, Illinois, Joyce (Don) Davis of Belleville, Illinois; brother in law, Joe Rueter and a host of other relatives, family and friends.

Memorials in Mark’s memory may be made to Saint Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Online condolences may be expressed online to the family at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com

Visitation will be held on Friday, November 23, 2012 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Illinois.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 11:00 am at the funeral home with Rev. Gary Byers of Zion Lutheran Church officiating.

Interment will be held following services in Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Illinois

Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Illinois