Markus "Mark" Stidham Obituary (1949

Mr. Mark Stidham, age 71, of Deputy, Indiana, entered this life on December 18, 1949 in Hazard, Kentucky. He was the son of the late John M. Stidham and Lou Ella (Phipps) Stidham Huff. Mark's early years were spent in Hazard, Kentucky where he met his lifelong sweetheart Irma Maggard. On November 29, 1968, they were married in Wise, Virginia, and they began to build a life together. This union was blessed to raise three sons, Mark Anthony "Tony" Stidham, Robert Stidham, and Michael Stidham. After living in Brookville, Indiana for 9 years, the family settled down in Deputy, Indiana in 1984 where they would become ingrained members of the community. Mark was a faithful employee of the Baxter Lumber Company for 22 years where he served in various capacities from handling logs to driving a semi truck. He later worked for International Wood in Salem for 2 years until his health would no longer permit. He was a man of faith and a member of the Lick Branch Baptist church. Mark enjoyed fishing and hunting when he could be outside, but was also eager to work puzzles, watch westerns and UK basketball, and of course "torment" his grandchildren for a good laugh when at home. Mark died on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 10:12 a.m. at the Norton Hosparus Inpatient Unit in Louisville, Kentucky. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Mark will be missed by his loving wife of 52 years, Irma Maggard Stidham of Deputy, Indiana; his sons, Mark Anthony "Tony" Stidham and his wife Paula of Austin, Indiana, Robert Stidham of Deputy, Indiana, Michael Stidham of Deputy, Indiana; his grandchildren, Ashley Nicole Stidham, Zachary Tyler Stidham, and Ethan Emery Stidham; his sisters in law, Tammy White and her husband Donnie of Hazard, Kentucky, Margie Abrose and her husband Dave of New Carlisle, Ohio; his brothers in law, Lowell Baker of Busy, Kentucky, Carl Cox of Brookville, Indiana, and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, John M. Stidham, his mother, Lou Ella Phipps Stidham Huff, his brothers, Robert Phipps and Grover Stidham, his sisters, Sarah Kolb, Frances Stidham, Ruby Cox, Loretta Baker and Doshia Oliver. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, August 30 at 2:00 p.m. by Pastor Skip Napier at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre at 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana 47250. Interment will follow at the Lick Branch Cemetery near Deputy, Indiana. TO WATCH THE FUNERAL LIVE PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW: http://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/59436/hash:B849F4FF4A4DFE00 VISITATION Friends may visit from noon until the time of service at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 30, 2021 at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the Mark Stidham Remembrance Fund. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be made online on our website morgan-nay.com. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre in Madison or Hanover. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Markus "Mark" Stidham, please click here to visit our sympathy store.