Mark Stoyer Bowers

Mark Stoyer Bowers, age 62, resident of Colorado Springs, died suddenly as a result of a fall, Thursday, August 26, 2010. Mark was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of the late William James & Edith Grace (Stoyer) Bowers.

Although a long-time bachelor, Mark found and married the love of his life, Rita Stephenson, on April 24, 2004. He enjoyed being a stepfather to Rita’s children, helping them work their way through their teenage years. Mark will be remembered by all of his family and friends as a loving, generous, and knowledgeable man. He was an unusually gifted mechanic, who found solace in his five-car garage with the attached two-bedroom Ivywild home. After racing motorcycles, gymkhanas, and drag racing in his early teenage years, he built a dune buggy at the age of 19. He continued to indulge his life-long passion for motorsports, owning Norton motorcycles and Nissan Z-cars. He was a collector of unusual things, allowing him to indulge his thirst for knowledge. An inventive and creative cook, one of Mark’s greatest pleasures was preparing meals for others. He was a proud ‘Gator’ from the University of Florida, earning a BS in Physics (’69) and an MS in Education (’71). A satellite engineer for many years in Sunnyvale, CA and later at Schriever AFB, CO, he concluded his career as a Systems Security Engineer, first at Allied Signal/Honeywell and then at Harris Corp.

Mark is survived by his wife Rita and his stepchildren, Fred, Sam, and Jack Stephenson; brother John Calvert (Debby) Bowers; sister Innis (Bowers) (Joe) Lusk; nieces Tricia (Jonathan) Hudson, Cynthia (Chris) Francisco, Edith (Robert) Owen, and Maggie Lusk; nephew Robert Lusk.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 31 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 6455 Brook Park Drive, with lunch to follow. Inurnment will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 2 at Evergreen Cemetery.

Arrangements under the direction of Mountain View Mortuary, Colorado Springs, CO.