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Mark A. Schmelzlen

Name: Visitation
Start: 07/07/2018 06:00 PM
End: 07/07/2018 08:00 PM
Location: Yoskovich Funeral Home, Inc.

December 26, 1965 — July 4, 2018

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Mark A. Schmelzlen, 52, of Carmichaels, Pa., died at 11:55 A.M. on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at Washington Health System, Washington, Pa., following a year long battle with cancer. He was born December 26, 1965 in Altoona, Pa., a son of Audrey M. (Waltz) Schmelzlen of Hollidaysburg, Pa. and the late Herbert P. Schmelzlen. Mark was a graduate of Altoona Area High School.

Mr. Schmelzlen served as a scout sniper with the United States Marine Corps during Desert Storm and served in Panama, Liberia, the Mediterranean, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He was a Pennsylvania State Trooper and retired with 25 years of credited service. The majority of his career was spent at the Troop B Waynesburg station where Mark served as a patrol trooper, criminal investigator and patrol supervisor. Additionally, he was a polygraph examiner for the Troop B area of the Pennsylvania State Police. Mark was a peer contact in the Pennsylvania State Police Members Assistance Program Unit. He was an active member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 47, where he served as chaplain.

Mr. Schmezlen was currently working as a detective at the Washington County District Attorney's Office, Washington.

Mark was an assistant overseer of the Christian Nation Church, U. S. A. and served as the pastor for the Christian Nation Church, U. S. A., Carmichaels.

On March 4, 1996, in Winchester, Va., he married Rachel A. Miles of Warren, Pa. Surviving in addition to his wife and mother are his six children, Isaac D. Schmelzlen, Susanna R. Schmelzlen, Miriam L. Schmelzlen, Sarah B. Schmelzlen, Esther F. Schmelzlen and Mary R. Schmelzlen; a sister, Cindy L. Brown of Altoona and two nephews. Deceased is his brother, Paul Schmelzlen.

Family and friends are welcome from 6 to 8 P.M. on Saturday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. on Sunday in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Carmichaels, Pa. Additional visitation will be held from 10:00 A. M. until 11:00 A.M., the time of service on Monday, July 9, 2018 at the First Church of the Nazarene, 115 Deerfield Lane, Waynesburg, PA 15370 with Brother Ronnie Justice and Brother Carl Eisenhart officiating.

Interment will follow at Laurel Point Cemetery, Carmichaels with military honors accorded by American Legion Post 400, the United States Marine Corps and the Pennsylvania State Police.

A memorial service by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 47, will take place at 7:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 8, 2018 in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Gideons International for the purchase of bibles in order to aid in the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

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