Campus memorial services for Mark Bell, media specialist and director of campus media services, are scheduled for 4 p.m. Feb. 1 in El Pomar Center television studio.
A community memorial service was Jan. 3, at the Shrine of Remembrance Funeral Home, 1730 E. Fountain Boulevard.
Bell, 59, and a member of the campus community since 2004 died unexpectedly at his home Dec. 29.
His obituary, as published Dec. 31 in the Colorado Springs Gazette, follows.
Mark W. Bell
Mark W. Bell, age 59, a resident of Colorado Springs since 1984 and formerly of New York, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at his home in Colorado Springs. He was a Media Specialist at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Mark Wesly Bell was born on March 15, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Jeremiah F. Bell, Jr. and Gladys M. Smith Bell. He was a 1969 graduate of Lafayette high school and was also a graduate of UCCS. He married Tracy Adele Creighton on July 7, 2007 at the Garden of the Gods. Mark was a family man. He dearly loved his children, granddaughter and his many friends. He was a movie buff who also enjoyed reading, music and a Cherry Coke in a bottle. He would also be known to have enjoyed a Frosty at Wendy’s. His loving wife, Tracy survives him; and his children: Nick (wife, Nikki) Eisentraut, Brandon (wife, Lauren) Laney and Brigette (husband, Justin) Tyrrell; all of Colorado Springs. His granddaughter also survives him: Isabelle. Mark had two brothers: Neil Bell of Plant City, Florida and Steven (wife, Stacey) Bell of Brooklyn. He has two sisters: Marion Harrison-Gustus of The Bronx, New York and Hope Bell (husband, Larry Dotts) of Baltimore, Maryland. A Memorial Service will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 3, 2011 at the Shrine of Remembrance America the Beautiful Chapel. A reception will follow, location to be announced at the memorial service. Memorials may be made to the Mark W. Bell Memorial Fund in care of Ent Federal Credit Union, 6060 Champtionship View.
Mark was the kindest man on campus; he warmed up everyone around him.
I am heart broken…
I did not often have the opportunity to work with Mark but when I did, he was always kind, gentle and eager to help. He will be missed.
Mark helped us on several grant and class projects beginning in 1992. Mark was always pleasant, patient, and professional with us and the high school and college students who were a part of our projects. He will be missed.
Mark was a true professional. You couldn’t ask for a nicer guy. Mark will be greatly missed. My condolences go out to his family.
I had the wonderful pleasure of working with Mark Bell when I first came to UCCS in 2008.
He was incredible!
Mr. Bell was so cool. I will never forget how he took the entire television crew on the new media truck to Colorado College to film my play, women shoptalk while real men wait. Because of his belief in my play, it has traveled and sold out 17 shows. The cast use the DVD Mr. Bell helped edit and produce. UCCS faculty helped me be who I am today. I thank them abundantly. Mr. Mark was the bomb! I will miss him dearly. A smooth down to earth guy.