BELOVED MAVERICK PASSES.Byline: Bettie Rencoret LANCASTER - A.G. "Mark" Marquardt was known as a maverick who was well-informed. His opinions counted. He was an Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Fair manager and an Antelope Valley Hospital board member, and he loved the Antelope Valley, the fair, Antelope Valley Hospital, Antelope Valley Retired Officers Association, Grace Lutheran Church and his family - not in that order. He and his wife, Mary, were a devoted couple and when she preceded him in death almost a year ago after 61 years of marriage, his own health seemed to wane. Marquardt underwent heart-valve replacement surgery on March 10 and died March 20 at age 87. "His was a tough act to follow," said S. D. "Dee" Ulch, who succeeded him as manager of the fair. Born May 30, 1918, Arlyn George Marquardt was raised in Clintonville, Wis., and attended the University of Wisconsin. During World War II, he became a captain in the U.S. Army's Signal Corps and served in the South Pacific. Always a friend, he kept in close contact with his unit buddies when he was released. Mary and he came to the valley in 1948. He owned the Littlerock General Store until he became the fair's first full-time manager, which he was from 1950 to 1959. Marquardt was one of the original members of the Palmdale so-called "Round Table," which drew business people for lunch and conversation that mainly revolved around business issues. "In those days, if you needed to know about anything that was going on, you made it a point to go early to get a seat at the table," said one of his friends. "These later years, it's just been a bunch of old friends getting together to `chat and chew,' as Mark would say." Marquardt kept a mailing list An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new and every month he sent out cards to the regulars to remind them of the monthly luncheon. He and Mary raised three children: Jim, now in Woodland Hills; John of Chico; and Jean of New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , all of whom survive him. He also leaves a sister, B.J. Swanson of Lancaster, a brother, Orvil Marquardt of Fremont, Neb., and four grandchildren. Menus for the week at the senior life nutrition sites in Lancaster and Palmdale have been announced. All meals include bread, margarine and coffee, tea or milk, for a suggested donation of $2. Monday: Barbecued chicken, rice pilaf, cooked cabbage, tossed salad, apple. Tuesday: Beef stew, spinach, garden salad A garden salad is a salad consisting of lettuce and simple vegetables found in a small vegetable garden such as tomatoes, carrots, onions, and dressing. , vanilla pudding. Wednesday: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes n. pl. 1. Potatoes which have been boiled and mashed to a pulpy consistency, usu. with sparing addition of milk, salt, butter, or other flavoring. It is a popular accompaniment to a meat course [U.S., 1900's], providing bulk and calories to a meal. , Normandy vegetables, cottage cheese cottage cheese a soft, uncured cheese made from soured skim milk; most of the lactose is removed with the whey. Used in low-residue diets for dogs and cats. , cookies. Thursday: Hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, parslied carrots, tossed salad, Jell-O with fruit. Friday: Macaroni macaroni: see pasta. and cheese with ham, corn nibblets, creamy coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , pears. |
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