{"id":78309,"date":"2025-11-15T05:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T10:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=78309"},"modified":"2025-11-15T05:41:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T10:41:23","slug":"mazzonello-mark-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/mazzonello-mark-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"MAZZONELLO, Mark Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-05.38.42-e1763203198915.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-78310\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-05.38.42-e1763203198915.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a>It is with profound sadness, we announce the passing of\u00a0Mark<b>\u00a0<\/b>on Monday, November 10, 2025 at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice (ARCH), after a courageous and relentless battle with cancer. He was 65.<\/p>\n<p>Mark was the devoted husband of\u00a0Lyn, the loving father of\u00a0Sydney (Aaron) and Alex, and papa of\u00a0August. He was the beloved son of\u00a0Gail\u00a0and the late\u00a0Luigi\u00a0Mazzonello. Cherished brother of\u00a0Teri Kasper (Mitch)<b>\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Michael<b>\u00a0<\/b>(Yvette). Son-in-law of\u00a0August and Netty Rouse and brother-in-law of\u00a0Peter (Nicole). He will be deeply missed by many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, friends, and wonderful neighbours, all of whom held a very special place in his heart.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Cochrane, Ontario, Mark spent his childhood in Hawk Junction and Wawa before settling in Sault Ste. Marie, where he lived, worked, and raised his family. He dedicated his entire career to Algoma Central Railway\/Wisconsin Central\/CN Rail as a railroad traffic controller, taking great pride in his work, and the lifelong friendships he formed there.<\/p>\n<p>Mark&#8217;s happiest moments were spent with the people he loved. He enjoyed golf &#8211; both playing and watching &#8211; and spent many cherished years coaching and cheering on hockey. His favourite place was camp on the Goulais River, where he found peace in nature and joy in time shared with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>He will be remembered as a kind, calm, and stoic soul &#8211; steadfast, loving, and always ready to lend a helping hand without hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>The family extends heartfelt thanks to the extraordinary team at\u00a0ARCH\u00a0and the compassionate nurses of\u00a0Bayshore Home Health Care\u00a0for their exceptional care and support.<\/p>\n<p>Friends and family are invited to a celebration of Mark\u2019s life on Sunday, November 23, 2025 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 (96 Great Northern Rd) starting at 3:00 p.m. Memorial donations to\u00a0ARCH are greatly appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to Northwood Funeral Home Cremation and Reception Centre (942 Great Northern Rd, 705-945-7758). Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be offered at\u00a0<a class=\"ga ga-ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodfuneral.com\/?utm_source=sootoday.com&amp;utm_campaign=sootoday.com%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodfuneral.com\/\">www.northwoodfuneral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with profound sadness, we announce the passing of\u00a0Mark\u00a0on Monday, November 10, 2025 at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice (ARCH), after a courageous and relentless battle with cancer. He was 65. Mark was the devoted husband of\u00a0Lyn, the loving father of\u00a0Sydney (Aaron) and Alex, and papa of\u00a0August. He was the beloved son of\u00a0Gail\u00a0and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":78310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,2663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-obits"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 12:07:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78311,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78309\/revisions\/78311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}