Mark E. Parton, age 57 of Alliance, died at 12:35 p.m. April 14, 2005 at Alliance Community Hospital.
He was born March 2, 1948 in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Merle and Lillian (Morton) Parton, and moved to Alliance in 2003 from Cleveland.
Mark formerly worked as a Nurses aid at the Meade House in Cleveland.
Survivors include his father, Merle Parton of Masuar, Ohio, his wife, Lora Ann (Collins), whom he married April 15, 1988, and one sister, Marva (Tim) Riley of Springfield, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his mother.
A gathering of friends will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Scleroderma Foundation, 12 Kent Way, Suite 101, Byfield, MA 01922.