Mark Edward Lautzenheiser, age 55, of Sparta went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

He was born on March 14, 1970, in Canton, Ohio to Geraldine and Gary l. Lautzenheiser.

He graduated from Louisville High School and entered the Army shortly after graduation.

He returned home in 1992, and had several jobs. In 1993 he was shot, had a stroke during surgery because of the gun shot, he was paralyzed on his right side.

In 2008 he moved to Tennessee with his parents. He has been involved in Turtles Bar & Grill for many years with the removal of waste products.

Mark was preceded in death by all his grandparents, Betty and Ralph Lautzenheiser, Ruth and Herb Kiko of Louisville, Ohio. His father Gary L. Lautzenheiser passed in 2011. His sister Dawn Marie Lautzenheiser passed in 2022.

He is survived by his mother Geraldine Lautzenheiser of Sparta; one sister and two brothers, Tonya and Michael Heckendorn of Goose Creek, South Carolina, Brian and Jennifer Lautzenheiser of Delaware, Ohio; along with his nieces and nephews; all his friends at Turtles Bar and Grill will miss him, as they looked after him over the past years as his medical condition increased.

No services are going to be held at this time.

Oaklawn Funeral Home, Sparta, was in charge of the arrangements.