Mark R. Dyer
BY Staff Reports
Friday, January 04, 2013
Obit=8899721
Mark R. Dyer passed away on December 31, 2012, after suffering complications from pneumonia. He was born in Tulsa on March 13, 1961 to Norris W. “Bud” Dyer and Martha Dyer. He married his beloved wife, Elizabeth Sleeper, on July 25, 1992, and they had six children. Their home is in Deer Creek (Edmond). Mark had a heart full of love and a deeply held faith in Jesus Christ. He was a member of Metropolitan Baptist Church, where he served terms as elder and deacon, and contributed his gifts richly to the church’s ministries and communal life. He was a long-time employee and senior tax manager at the accounting firm Cole & Reed, after becoming a CPA in 1986. He graduated from Oklahoma State in 1984, and loved Cowboys wrestling and football. Mark graduated from Holland Hall High School in Tulsa in 1979. Throughout his life, he retained a love of choral music, Formula 1 racing, Dallas Cowboys football, and working on old Z-cars. His greatest loves, however, were his Lord, his dear wife and children, and his many friends. “He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” (Psalm 1:3) Mark is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; his children, Stephen, Josiah, Caleb, Erin, Mary, and Micah; his mother, Martha Dyer (of Oklahoma City); his loving in-laws, Julian and Idabelle Sleeper and family; his siblings, Jennifer Dyer, John and Lynne (of Norman), Stephanie Dyer and Mark McCorkle, and Susanna Dyer and Greg Stefanek; and his eighteen nieces and nephews. Viewing Friday at Vondel L. Smith Funeral Home, 13125 N. MacArthur in NW Oklahoma City. Funeral service Saturday, January 5, 10:00 AM, at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 7201 W. Britton in Oklahoma City. Mark will rest at Arlington Memory Gardens in Midwest City. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Mark Dyer Memorial Fund at BancFirst, 6200 Waterford Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73118. This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on 1/4/2013.
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