Mark Worrell

MARK WORRELL

West Branch

Mark "Cubby" Worrell, 52, died Monday, June 15, 2015, at Mercy Iowa City. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at West Branch High School Auditorium. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday,

June 19, at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home, West Branch, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. Burial will be in West Branch Municipal Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarker funeralhome.com.

Mark was born Aug. 31, 1962, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Alfred J. and Darlene R. Woode Worrell. He graduated from West Branch High School in 1980. He was united in marriage to Kathryn Streets on Oct. 23, 1993, in West Branch. Mark owned and operated Big Timber Excavating and Grading in West Branch. He has served as mayor of West Branch since 2013. Before to taking office as mayor, Mark served on the West Branch City Council for 17 years.

Mark was a member of Masonic Lodge 381, Kiwanis, and the Pensacola Beach Elks Lodge. He also volunteered for the West Branch Fire Department for over 10 years.

He is survived by his wife, Kathy Worrell, of West Branch; three daughters, Mandy, Samantha and Stephanie Worrell from a previous marriage to Lynn Phelps Worrell, all of West Branch; his father, Alfred Worrell, of West Branch; two sisters, Linda (Bill) Mysak of Monticello and Teresa (George) Waters of West Branch; two brothers, Brad (Rosene) Worrell of West Branch and Scott (Cindy) Worrell of West Branch. He also is survived by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

He was proceded in death by his mother, Darlene Worrell.