Mark Edward Sloop, 71, of Winter Haven, formerly of Providence, Ind., passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, Aug. 14, 2007 at Winter Haven Hospital.
Mark graduated from Union Township Schools in 1953. He was a member of the Providence Christian Church, the Indiana Masons, American Rightaway Association and the American Board of Realtors. He worked for the Indiana State Highway Department, the Indian Gas Company (Vectron) and was the owner of Bargersville Real Estate. He moved to Florida in 1984, where he was a Real Estate Appraiser for the Florida Department of Transportation and in 1988 he became a Real Estate Appraiser for Orange County where he retired in 2003.
Mark is survived by his wife, Martha J. (Sego) Sloop of 52 years, they had one son, Scott E. Sloop of Orlando; a brother, O.J. Sloop of Bargersville, Indiana; a grandson, Mark J. Sloop of Orlando; a granddaughter, Madison N. Sloop of Jacksonville; three stepgrandsons, John Berry of Washington, D.C., Steve Berry of Austin, Texas, and Brandon Weers of Orlando, along with several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Otto and Mae Sloop of Providence, Ind.
Family and friends will be celebrating a memorial of his life at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home, 648 West Central Ave. in Winter Haven on Saturday, Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donation may be made to the American Cancer Society.