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Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 30, 2015, at Orchardville Church in Orchardville
Visitation: 4-8 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Orchardville Church in Orchardville
Interment: Thomason Cemetery - Wayne City, IL
Pastor Mark H. Shell, age 54, of Wayne City, Illinois, passed away Friday, March 27, 2015, at his home in Wayne City.
Mark was born April 25, 1960, in Fairfield, the son of Jackie and Iris (Henry) Shell. He married Kay Miller on June 22, 1979 at Keenes Community Chapel and together they’ve shared 35 years of marriage.
For 27 years, Pastor Mark has been dedicated to ministering the Gospel through the foundation and development of Orchardville Church delivering the key message: “Reach, Teach & Serve” through a life in Christ. As a husband, father, and brother, Mark was a giving, loving, and supportive man, and lived the message he shared. With his spare time, he worked as a craftsman, finding enjoyment in woodworking projects and building furniture, and often playing pool and stumping others with uncommon trivia.
Mark is survived by his wife: Kay Shell of Wayne City; children: Joshua Shell and Candice Shell both of Chicago; grandmother: Dorothy Shell of Wayne City; siblings: Gregory (Rebecca) Shell of Wayne City, Kim (Roy) Braddock of Bluford, Natalie Whitlow of Keenes, and Justine (John) Durham of Keenes; along with several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, paternal grandfather: Warren Shell, and maternal grandmother: Maxine Henry.
A funeral service for Pastor Mark Shell will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 30, 2015, at Orchardville Church in Orchardville. Interment will be in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at Orchardville Church in Orchardville. The Shell family has requested that memorial donations be given to Orchardville Church. Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora is in charge of arrangements.
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I so love this family. Sending prayers to you all...
Pastor Mark changed my spiritual life and my families spiritual life for the better and I am eternally grateful. "On a rock we stand" he always said. Love always!!!
My condolences to the family. Pastor Mark was an exceptional person and the community will suffer a great loss. Prayers.
This man impacted me in so many ways through his spiritual teachings, as well as his humble personality. He was extremely caring, but also tough and firm in his faith. A truly irreplaceable person. My prayers are with his family, and church family.
Pastor Mark has impacted our lives more than anyone!!! George will quote a phrase from Mark Shell in so many discussions we have. He always say, well Mark said...... and I have caught myself doing the same. He has blessed our lives so much! We love you Mark so much and will be greatly missed! Until we meet again Brother!
"On Christ the solid rock I stand.." Mark & Kay showed us what it meant to stand on the Rock. Troy and I could not be where we are today without the teaching & preaching of our faithful Pastor Mark Shell. Some say we were lucky to have known him, to those people I say luck had nothing to do with it, we are BLESSED! Thank you Mark Shell, without God using you Troy & I would still be the lost sheep. Our hearts hurt now, but Mark has found his eternal home in Heaven & I can't imagine what that was like for him, to finally meet the sweet Jesus that he had been teaching about for so many years. We love & miss you and will forever carry a part of you in our hearts. Kay, we love you so much! Praying for you, Josh, Candice and your family.
So thankful for your strong teachings of the Bible. Your sermons changed us for the better. Love to Kay and Family
So sorry for loss to all Mark's friends, family and congregation but to know he is in the presence of the Lord, worshipping Jesus is a peace beyond understanding. Honor him by honoring the One he preached so faithfully about!
So sorry for your loss, but truly Heaven's gain, he will be missed in so many ways by so many people.
Kay and family, sending you our love and prayers. Mark was a great man and leader who preached the Word of God! He is now with our creator. OH HAPPY DAY!!!
even though i didnt really know him, i met him twice. Very great guy and definitely fun to be around. He will be missed.
So sorry to hear of this, Kay. The death of a fine man like Mark is beyond my understanding. I'm glad you have a lot of support from your family and church family. Again... sorry.
Sorry for your loss. Prayers for your family!
Kay and family, sorry for your sorrow at this time. May God give comfort, peace and strength but most of all Joy in knowing brother Mark is resting in the arms of Jesus whole, healed and happy.
Kay and family, We are saddened on the lost of Pastor Mark. He taught us so much and we have been blessed to sit under his teaching and preaching. He will be greatly missed but know he is with Jesus and rejoicing ( probably asking trivia questions) to everyone he is meeting. Gods strength and comfort to you. We love you.
We are saddened by the loss, but Heaven rejoices. Mark left a tremendous legacy for thousands of people.
Kay sorry for your loss, Pastor Mark was an awesome pastor and man of God he will be greatly missed we loved pastor mark so much.
Sorry to hear about Mark he was a good man of God. I remember at the old Keene's Community church when Mark and the other young guys started out preaching. We had some great services.I know he will be greatly missed Kay,Candice,Josh,Greg,Kim,Natalie,Justine,Grandma Dorothy and rest of the family.Keeping you all in our prayers.
Sorry for your loss. Mark was a good pastor and a good man. He would go out of his way to help people in need out. He will be greatly missed.
Sorry to hear about Mark. He was a good man who I truly loved in a Christian way. He will be missed but never gone from your heart. He will live on in the church that he worked so hard for. You all have a big church family there for you. He fought a tough fight and now may he RIP. Love you all and praying for comfort at this sad time.
Our love & prayers are with you all! Many many good memories of such a wonderful man of God!
We are sorry for your loss and all our prayers are with you.
Thinking of you and praying comfort during this time.
Prayers for Kay and the family. We are so happy to have found Orchardville Church and to hear Pastor Mark preach for the past eight years. He will be greatly missed by so many.
My heart goes out to Kay and the kids. Mark was a wonderful man and will be missed by many!
Prayers of peace and comfort to the family. God Bless you. Sorry for your loss.
Of the many things I (Chris) remember during Mark's sermons was when he got to heaven he wanted to hear the Apostle Paul sing Amazing Grace. Wow! I'm sure the song has never sounded as good here on earth as it has when Paul, Mark, Greg Burgess, Lonnie Lawler, Harlan Withrow and others of the church family that have passed on chimed in to sing it to The Lord!! An amazing sight and time for sure! It's a sad thing that Mark has left too soon... but it's a very happy thing that Mark and all of them are in Paradise with the Lord! God bless you Kay ,Josh, Candice and family!
sent message to Kay,Candace,&Josh
pastor mark you are going to be deeply missed , you toutched my life in your preaching I know god called you home , just wished I could have shock your hand . William meyer Centralia branch
Kay and Family we are so sorry about Mark. He was the first person to welcome us to Orchardville 20 years ago.He was very dear to us, Our prayers and love are with you all
Kay I am so sorry for your loss. Mark was a great man. It meant so much to me when Mark visited me in the hospital before a couple of my surgeries. You are in my thoughts § prayers. ❤️🙏 ❤️
PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL THE SHELL FAMILY
To Kay and family, I preached a message today entitled, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus" (Jn 12 & Phil 2). I am so thankful for how we have truly seen Jesus in Pastor Mark and you, Kay. We are so sorry for your loss . . . Mark lived and reflected Jesus. We are blessed to call both of you our friends! May the Lord strengthen and comfort you with His amazing grace, love, peace, and presence in this time and in the days ahead! We love you and will be praying.
Mark,you were one in a million-all through the years,you never changed.You have touched so many,changes our lives- you are our anchor- I hope we continue to make you proud!you left a legacy-your present will always be felt in chuech-you left our hearts sad- But I bet your kicking your heels up and saying I'm finally home!!
I will always have a special place in my heart for Mark he was true down to earth man of God love'ya my prayers are with you Kay, Josh, and Candace also Grandma Dorthy, Hope to see you someday.
Kay and Family, We are so sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Mark will be sadly missed by many many people. He touched a lot of hearts. We pray that God will be with you all. With love, Don & Julie
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Shell family. Pastor Mark started to speak and I felt this was the first time in my life that I found out what a church family was. He was a wonderful man who influenced church and the members. Have faith and know he was a well respected man and Pastor.
While we only became acquainted with Pastor Mark for such a short period, we share in the sorrow of your loss. However, we are comforted with the knowledge that he is in heaven with his beloved Savior! Pastor Mark touched so many lives through his service to the Lord by pastoring at Orchardville Church and the tape ministry. We still enjoy listening to his messages and the music of the worship team. Our prayers for comfort are with Kay and family during this sorrowful time.
So sorry for your loss. Never met Mr. Shell but got to know his ministry through cd &tape later by internet. His message of '' Get back up again'' help me get through some really hard times awhile back. I live in Tennessee just wanted to say ,Thank you to the Shell family for sharing a great person
You will be missed greatly
I'm so sad right now. I listened to Pastor Shell on the road,CD's from a truck stop in West Tn. I had no idea he was gone to be with the Lord. I apologize for being selfish,I really wanted to meet the man. Oh well...some day I will have the honor...I finally understood the simplicity of salvation through Jesus Christ and I will thank Pastor Shell in person some day. God bless his family.
Pastor Mark shell was a good pastor and a great at doing God's will for his life! You will be missed by everyone
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