Mark Leroy Shinn, 62, Iola, died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012.
Mark was born June 10, 1950, in Iola, the son of James and Thora (Nichols) Shinn. He graduated from Iola High School, Iola Junior College and served six years in the Kansas Army National Guard.
Mark worked for H & M Market in Iola, where Glen Thompson taught him to cut meat. He later worked as a meat cutter for Foodtown in Fredonia, Neodesha, Independence and Iola. He recently worked at Bolling’s Meat Market in Iola.
Mark married Judy Collins and they divorced. He then married Susan Whaley and they later divorced.
He was a member of the Iola American Legion and Iola Elks Lodge.
He is survived by a son, Brett Shinn and his wife, Miriah Feather, Tulsa, Okla.; three daughters, Crystal Shinn, Kenosha, Wis., Tabitha Shinn and her husband, Brian Schwermer, Broken Arrow, Okla., and Amber Sanchez and her husband, Matt, Tulsa; his mother, Thora Shinn, Iola; two brothers, Alan Shinn and his wife, Becky, Uniontown, and Jack Shinn, Pittsburg; four grandchildren, Blade Feather, Aiden Feather, Nicole Schwermer and Shi Anne Sanchez.
He was preceded in death by his father, James O. Shinn.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Turkey Creek Cemetery north of Uniontown.
Memorial gifts to the Iola American Legion or Iola Elks Lodge may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
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