Mark P. Dykema, 66, of Morrison, IL, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at his home in Morrison.
Mark was born September 14, 1952, in Morrison, to Irvin F. and Lorraine (Vos) Dykema. He was educated in the rural Whiteside County grade schools and was a 1970 graduate of Morrison High School. He then attended Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, IL. On September 15, 1972, he married LaVonne Balk in Morrison. Mark farmed with his father for a number of years and later was employed at Exelon Nuclear Power Plant in Cordova, IL, retiring 2013. He was a lifelong member of Ebenezer Reformed Church, where he was a Sunday school teacher, a Deacon, and an Elder.
Survivors include his wife LaVonne; three sons, Christopher (Mellissa) Dykema of Fenton, IL, and their children Charlie Sharp and Brennan Dykema, Aaron (Agnieszka Watson) Dykema of Shannon, IL, and their daughter Sylvia Watson, and Andrew Dykema of Erie, IL, and his children Jakob and Jenna Dykema; one step-great-grandson; sister, Gayle (Dave) Swigart of Petersburg, IL; brother, Greg (Connie) Dykema of Geneseo, IL; several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
His funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Morrison, officiated by Ken Renkes.
A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, June 7, 2019, at the Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home.
Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison, IL.
Memorials to Ebenezer Reformed Church and Rock River Hospice and Home have been established.