Larson

The Rev. A. Mark Larson, 83, of Hemlock Drive died at 7:22 a.m. Tuesday at Butler Memorial Hospital.

Born Jan. 15, 1923, in Bradford, McKean County, he was the son of Ansel M. Larson and Emily Bolin.

He was a retired Wesleyan minister and belonged to the Rochester Wesleyan Church, Beaver County.

Rev. Larson began his first ministry in Eldred, McKean County, in 1944, and then supplied other churches in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Indiana.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Fisher Larson, whom he married Aug. 28, 1946; two daughters, Dr. Lois Larson Johnson of Butler and Mrs. Bruce (Priscilla) Welsh of Darlington, Beaver County; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are two sisters, the Rev. Ruth Stewart of Nashville, Tenn., and Rose Larson of Tecumseh, Mich.; two brothers, the Rev. Paul J. Larson of Hamilton, Ohio, and the Rev. C. David Larson of Fayetteville, Franklin County; and a number of nieces and nephews.

<B>LARSON</B> — Friends of the Rev. A. Mark Larson, who died Tuesday, July 4, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with his nephew, David Allen Larson of the Athens Wesleyan Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Butler County Memorial Park, Butler Township.Information and a private guest book is available at www.thompson-miller.com.