Mark Fontecchio
September 30, 1987 — July 25, 2011
Wonder Lake, Illinois,
Mark R. Fontecchio,23, of Wonder Lake passed suddenly Monday, July 25, 2011 north of Philo, Illinois in Champaign County as a result of an auto accident.
Born on September 30, 1987 in Elk Grove Village, he was the son of Richard J. and Carol A. (Sloan) Fontecchio.
A 2006 graduate of McHenry West High School, he was a member of the water polo team, WYSE team, and the golf team. He continued his education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and was a senior majoring in history. He played on the billiards team and was a second degree black belt in Kyuki-Do martial arts.
His survivors include his parents; his sister Andrea Jeanne Fontecchio; his paternal grandmother Helen Elizabeth Fontecchio; aunts and uncles, Jerry (Mary) Fontecchio, Jane (David) Bates, David (Elizabeth) Fontecchio, Debbie (Dan) Ettinger, and Cathy (Brian) Rosen; and many loving cousins and good friends.
Those preceding him in death are his paternal grandfather John L. Fontecchio, maternal grandparents Earl L. (Ida Olive) Sloan, and a cousin Adam Ettinger.
The visitation will be held from 3-8pm, Friday, July 29 at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (IL Rt. 176), Crystal Lake. The funeral service will begin at 10:30am, Saturday, July 30 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Crystal Lake Memorial Park, Crystal Lake.
Memorials may be made to the Mark R. Fontecchio Memorial Scholarship Fund for McHenry West High School, c/o First Midwest Bank, 170 N. Rt 31, Crystal Lake IL 60014.
8/1/2011 9:08,Visitation: Friday, July 29, 3-8pm, Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake
Funeral Service: Saturday, July 30, 10:30am, at the funeral home
Interment: Crystal Lake Memorial Park, Crystal Lake
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