{"id":2800,"date":"2017-04-20T11:30:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T16:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2017-04-27T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T18:58:02","slug":"mark-stewart-elgin-iowa-april-20-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/2017\/04\/mark-stewart-elgin-iowa-april-20-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Stewart, Elgin, Iowa, April 20, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-small_image wp-image-2839 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-250x322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-250x322.jpg 250w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-750x965.jpg 750w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-400x514.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic-68x87.jpg 68w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stewart-mark-pic.jpg 839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Stewart, 63, of Elgin, Iowa <\/strong>passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 at his home in rural Elgin.\u00a0 Mark Edward, the son of Delmar R. and Naomi (Christensen) Stewart, was born November 13, 1953 in Oelwein, Iowa.\u00a0 He was baptized and confirmed at Bethel Presbyterian Church in West Union, Iowa.\u00a0 Mark graduated from North Fayette High School in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>Mark farmed with his family south of Elgin for many years and he worked as a job coach for RISE in Elkader, helping disabled people work and live in society.<\/p>\n<p>Mark had a passion for farming, animals, air shows, and spending time with his family.\u00a0 He had a joyous spirit and enjoyed life.\u00a0 He knew no stranger, encouraged exploring, and had a love for the outdoors that lives on in his children and grandchildren.\u00a0 Mark left us too soon, we wish we had more time to make additional memories.\u00a0 He will be forever in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>His legacy lives on in his children, Adam (Beata) Stewart and Brooke (Justin) Jaskowiak; grandchildren, Autumn and Ezra Jaskowiak; and Autumn Kay Franklin; his sisters, Sheila (Greg) Bryan and Sue (Tom) Sadowsky; a brother, Brian Stewart; niece, Caryn Stewart; nephews, Doug (Courtney) Bryan and Christian Stewart; an uncle, Roger Christensen; aunts, Ruth Ann Crowe and Mary (Reuben) Steffens; and Jo Heavilin.<\/p>\n<p>He joins in heaven his grandparents; parents, Delmar and Naomi; a brother, Paul Stewart; his wife, Beverly (Gilley) Stewart; a nephew, Andy Bryan; a niece, Sarah Stewart; and his sister-in-law, Connie Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at the Bethel Presbyterian Church in West Union, Iowa. Rev. Don Best will be the officiant. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the church on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Services in West Union, Iowa is assisting the family with arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 44px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Stewart, 63, of Elgin, Iowa passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 at his home in rural Elgin.\u00a0 Mark Edward, the son of Delmar R. and Naomi (Christensen) Stewart, was born November 13, 1953 in Oelwein, Iowa.\u00a0 He was baptized and confirmed at Bethel Presbyterian Church in West Union, Iowa.\u00a0 Mark graduated from North Fayette [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-2800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-stewart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2800"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2842,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800\/revisions\/2842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}