Mark West

Mark Brian West, 48, of Hyattsville, MD, passed away unexpectedly Friday, November 27th, 2009 at his home. He was born October 30, 1961 in Cheverly, MD, son of Howard and Martha West. Mark was employed as a Sheet Metal Worker, Local Union #100 for 23 years. He married Ruth Ann Couvillon on May 31, 1986. For a while he trained his bloodhound, Soldier, for Search and Rescue with the Mid-Atlantic D.O.G.'s. His infant son, Robert Brian, preceded him in death in 1993 and more recently his wife, Ruth, passed away in March 2009. He is survived by his daughters, Rachel Ann, age 14, and Rebekah Ann, age 13, a brother, David Robert West of Chestertown, MD, two sisters, Sharon Lynn (Ernie) Dennison of LaPlata, MD, and Diane Carol Kent, of LaPlata, MD, Martha and Howard West, his parents of Chestertown, MD, his father-in-law, Bryson Couvillon of Hyattsville, and many aunts, uncles and cousins. Friends may call at GASCH'S FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 4739 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD on Friday, December 4th, at 11:00 a.m. until the service time at 1:00 p.m. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made toward an educational fund for his daughters, via their guardian, Diane Kent, 6245 Bumpy Oak Road, LaPlata, MD 20646.