Obituary - Mark Armstrong

February 6, 1963 ~ December 8, 2022

Mark was never sick a day in his life and at the age of 59 years on December 8, 2022, he passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in his sleep. Mark was a jack of all trades; fixing cars and anything if it needed fixing. And what didn’t work, he went to the library for books and soon got everything working. Mark went to college to become a chef and OMG his yummy cooking will be missed by all! Mark came to Canada on a Battle group to BATUS where he met Denise. It was love at first sight as in 1985, they were married, celebrating over 37 years of companionship this year. He was the proud father of son, Darrell (Niki); daughter, Nikita and proud grandfather to his three grandchildren, Jordan, Ryan and Nova, whom he adored greatly. He also leaves behind his older brother, Andrew (Chris); younger brother, Neil (Aidan) as well as numerous nieces and nephews who cherished him dearly. He was predeceased by his parents, Morris and Eileen. Mark’s two favourite pastimes included camping and fishing. He taught everyone how to do these things. Campfires stoked, bags and bags and bags of wood; so much that you couldn’t get into the motorhome! Those who went camping knew how extreme he was. After leaving the army, Mark made Canada his home. He had hair that took him roughly an hour to do and the end result was that it looked like The Stray Cats or Elvis hairdo; he should have had shares in a hairspray company. Mark worked for Barney’s Place for many years and when they retired, he went on to be the foreman at Redcliff Stake and Lath. This is where he made survey stakes and wooden spools for wires, etc. and worked there up until his passing. Mark will be missed terribly by all who knew him especially by Denise, Darrell and Nikita. “RIP Mark, we all love you!” A Celebration of Mark’s life will be held in the spring/summer.