Lake TahoeFamily day at Quantico in 2006, from the back of a USMC Amphibious Assault VehicleMark’s first set of foul weather gearMark at the helmFamily holiday portrait, 2019.After Matthew’s graduation from Officer Candidate School in 2005Mark and Susan in a Japanese subway station on a trip to visit Matthew and BenTaking Spencer the Wonder Beagle out for a spinCelebrating granddaughter Madeleine’s First Communion, 2018Out for a Lake Michigan sail with the grandkidsMark with Katie at his graduation from Northwestern University Law School, 1975.At the Chicago Yacht ClubMark with his grandsons Ben and SamHearty sailors and best friends: Peter Middleton, Mark, and Bill MetzdorffOn the London EyeWith Katie’s family, including Tom and Barb Brunner, 2010Resting with granddaughter Madeleine Celebrating Matthew’s 40th birthday at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, 2017Ready for the beach at the Indiana Dunes, 2020Cheering for Brendan Barber (Elizabeth’s brother-in-law, Northwestern University Wildcat wide receiver)Heading home from the pool with granddaughter MadeleineDad working on a huge case in New Orleans, 1985 (Photo from Mike Hartmann)Mark and Matthew before Matthew deployed to Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in June 2007
The year our whole family marched in the Memorial Day Parade in Naperville, ILMark with his cymbalsProof that Mark actually played in a bandSailing in San Diego BayMark and Susan at Matthew’s wedding in 2013On the balcony at Mark and Susan’s home on the Chicago River at Kinzie ParkMatthew’s graduation from USMC Officer Candidate School and commissioning in 2005The big wind-up for Mark’s famous ping-pong smash.Mark with grandson FinnianA VIP visit with Tigger during a visit to Walt Disney World while Matthew was working there in 2001Katie’s wedding in 1996Mark and Matthew just past the Mackinac Island Bridge, nearing the finish line of one of their first sailboat Races to MackinacDancing at Elizabeth’s wedding in 2005After the birth of his first grandchild Sam, 2002With Elizabeth after she received her Doctor of Music degree from Northwestern University, 2012After the birth of grandson Finnian, 2017With Matthew after he graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School, 2017Sunset at the Indiana Dunes, 2019From a summer party at Mike Hartmann’s home (clockwise from Mark and Susan: Linda and Gordon Coons, Pat and Fred Leydig, Betty and John Kozak, Rusty and Dennis Schlemmer; photo from Mike Hartmann)Maui, September 2017The big prize Mark won for SusieMark and Matthew at EPCOT’s America Pavilion before a concert with the 1997 Disney-Grammy All-American College BandAfter Mark climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge
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