Kenneth "Ken" Marker's Obituary
Funeral services for Kenneth (Ken) Marker, 51, of Leesville, LA will be held Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 2:00 PM at Grace Bible Church in Leesville, LA with Bro. Sandy Guynn and Bro. Larry Davis officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, December 26, from 6:00 until 10:00 P.M. and Sunday, December 27, from 8:00 A.M. until 12:00 PM at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville, Louisiana, and from 1:00 P.M. until service time Sunday at the church. Burial will follow at the Leesville Cemetery.
Ken, a native of Tiffin, Ohio, was a long time resident of the Leesville/Vernon Parish area. He retired from the United States Army with the rank of First Sergeant after 23 years of faithful service.
He was employed for a time by CUBIC applications at Fort Polk and for the past 7 years, as a route salesman for Schwan’s, where he was affectionately known to all as “The Schwan’s Guy.”
He is survived by his wife, Pat Marker of Leesville; three sons, Bobby (BJ) Marker of Hodge, LA, Kyle Marker of Leesville, LA, and Joseph Jeane of Leesville, LA, two step sons, Brad Fields of Mokena, IL and Ted Fields of Bollingbrook, IL, one daughter, Mandy Chube of Fort Worth, Texas, one step daughter, Stephanie Allen of Leesville, LA, his mother, Gurtha Marker of Tiffin, Ohio, two brothers, Ronald Marker of Tiffin, Ohio and Gerald Marker of St. Robert, Mo, one sister, Barbara Houck of Tiffin, Ohio, and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father, Harry Marker.
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