Mark Albert Colman

Mark Colman, age 71, resident of Hudson Wisconsin, died on October 22nd after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Mark was born in Algonac MI, to parents Robert and Theresa Colman. Mark grew up in Algonac, attending St Catherine's Catholic School, and then Algonac High School. After graduation, he attended St. Clair County Community College, earning an Associates degree, and then transferred to Michigan Technological University in Houghton MI, where he earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1977, and a MS in Engineering Mechanics in 1979.

He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Rob Colman; and various aunts and uncles. He is survived by his wife, Cathy Colman; his brothers, Jeff Colman, and Carl Colman (Jan); He is also survived by an aunt, cousins, nieces and nephews, plus, grand nieces and grand nephews.

Mark met Cathy the love of his life, at MTU and they married on June 7, 1980. They moved to MN for jobs and raised a number of four-legged fur babies over the years. Mostly Miniature Schnauzers and a few cats.

Mark began his engineering career in Two Rivers WI, working for Manitowoc Crane. He began work at Honeywell in MN a year later, and obtained his ASME Professional Engineering license during that time. Mark later worked for an engineering consulting firm, KIT Corp and later formed his own engineering consulting firm, where he worked until he retired in 2012. Over the years Mark was named in a number of patents for products he helped design for his clients.

Mark could fix just about anything and enjoyed working on cars, motorcycles, trucks and tractors. He was the go to tool guy at Lake Elmo Car Care ministry, where a group of guys met the first Saturday of every month for 20+ years, and repaired cars for those who couldn't afford it. He also was involved in various serving ministries like Habitat for Humanity, Wesley Meals, and the United Cursillo movement.

A Memorial service will be held on November 9th, at 2pm, at Shepherd of the Valley Church in Afton Mn. It will be preceded by a visitation at 1pm. Mark dressed very casually and was known for his T-shirt collection. So please feel free to wear a colorful Tshirt, tie-dyed is even better, to celebrate Mark's life.

Memorials can be made to:

Park View Home Memorial with a notation of Mark Colman. (Family will be working with them to offer scholarships to staff working towards nursing or other health care careers.) https://parkview-cc.com/

OR

The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research https://www.michaeljfox.org/

Services are entrusted to O’Connell Family Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Hudson. For more information or to share a memory, please visit www.oconnellfuneralhomes.com or call 715-386-3725.