MARK W. BADER

Mark Bader

Mark BaderMark W. Bader, 68, of rural Potosi, Wis., died Aug. 5, 2019, after battling cancer.

He was born March 10, 1951, in Macomb, a son of Wendell and Mary Alice Hinman Bader. He married Janna Rupe on June 3, 1972, in Bloomfield, Iowa. She survives.

Also surviving are four children, Chava (and Mike) Pocernich, Amy (and Doug) Russell, Jeremiah (and Crystal) Bader and Miranda (and Steven) Bader-Goodman; five siblings, Amy (and Frank) Tinsley, Terri (and Bob) Maley, Wanda (and Mike) McGrath, Curt (and Berta) Bader and Mike (and Julie) Bader; and 13 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one grandson, Theodore Bader-Goodman; and one brother, Jeff Bader.

He graduated from Davis County High School in Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1969, and then attended the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Mark, his dad and other family members started the family business, Free Choice Enterprises, specializing in livestock nutrition and the manufacture of livestock supplements. He was invited to speak around the world about livestock nutrition and grazing.

Funeral services were held Sunday at Bader Christian Church. Burial was in Bader Cemetery. Melby Funeral Home and Crematory in Platteville, Wis., was in charge of arrangements.

 

Published in the Astoria South Fulton Argus on 9/4/2019

 

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