Mark Glaspey

Oct 12, 1944 -

Nov 28, 2025

Mark Robert Glaspey was born in Yakima, Wash., on Oct. 12, 1944, to Robert and Loraine Glaspey. He had an older brother, Kent Williams; older sister, Sybil Purvis; and younger sister, Shelley Withem, all of whom are deceased.

Mark attended school in Yakima, graduating from Eisenhower High School in 1963.

After high school, Mark attended Seattle Pacific College, graduating with a B.S. degree in political science. On Aug. 26, 1966, Mark married Carolyn Coke, also a graduate of Seattle Pacific College.

Mark and Carolyn had their first daughter, Deanne, in 1969; a second daughter, Nancy, in 1971; and a third daughter, Jill, in 1974.

Mark moved his family to Ketchikan, Alaska, in 1985, where he ended up working as the Finance Manager for Taquan Air. In 2001, Mark and Carolyn moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where Mark worked for Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Association as the Chief Financial Officer, a job he dearly loved.

In 2015, Mark suffered a stroke that left him unable to continue working. Mark and Carolyn returned to Yakima in 2016.

He was 81 when he passed away on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. We are rejoicing that he is no longer suffering, and that he is home with his Savior and reunited with his loved ones who have gone on before him.

Mark is survived by Carolyn Glaspey; Deanne (Kevin ) Hack; grandkids, Michaela (Trevor) Wills and Saylor Hack; Nancy (Steve) Axelson; grandkids, Joanna (Cody) Cantwell, Carrie (Greg) Johnson, Paul (Emily) Axelson, Emma (Drew) Murphy, John (Olivia) Axelson and Sam Axelson; Jill (Marc) Crawford; grandkids, Reese Crawford, Sawyer Crawford and Elle Crawford; and great-grandkids, Sylvia, Piper Murphy and Taliana Axelson.