Mark Patrick Shannon Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mark Patrick Shannon was born on June 8th, 1962 and passed on June 13th, 2021 in Tulsa Oklahoma. Mark was such a loving husband, son, father, nephew, brother cousin and friend to all who knew him and will be painfully missed. We take comfort knowing Mark is our guardian angel now watching over all of us. Mark was preceded in death by his Daughter Meagan Tyre and Parents Tom & Paula Shannon along with his Grandparents. Mark is survived in death by: Wife Michelle Shannon, married together for 26 years; Daughter Alisha Brasher & Husband Shane along with his Grandchildren Brody, Mason and Audrey; Daughter Amber Odle & Husband John; Aunt Priscilla Bray who was another Mother to him; Brother Cousin Doug Bray & Fiance Joyce and beloved nephews Kyle and Bryce; Sister Cousin Dee & Husband Kelly and his beloved nephew Kyle and niece Jessica; In-Law Family including Aunt Diana, Uncle Nick and Cousins Tricia, Nicholas and their families; Also, many treasured lifetime long friends that were like brothers and sisters to him. Mark is strong in his Christian faith and has attended Guts church along with his wife Michelle for 7 years. Mark lost his battle for life on earth but is now living a glorious life in Heaven. Mark graduated from Union High School. He played football and baseball that were great passions to him. He attended Tulsa Welding School and Tulsa Junior College. He started off his career path as a welder. He worked at Amerada Hess while in college. He had a long term career at Thermal Windows for over 15 years as a Field Operations Manager. He then went into business with his Father Tom and they operated Shannon's Crating Service for many years. He loved this opportunity spending so many years at his Dad's side building their business. He went into business himself with Shannon's Transit Service for many years. He loved to drive and this was much enjoyment to him for many years traveling all over the country. He then decided it was time to leave the business and work in a normal daily routine. He then worked for Link America and Miller Truck lines as a Driver Manager. During his last couple years he has spent semi-retired enjoying and working on many projects while enjoying their new home The Shanderosa in the country. Mark loved spending time with his family, friends and his dogs. He loved to ride his Harley. There are many special memories over Mark's 59 years of life and he will forever be in our hearts. He had such a way of loving people and wanting to socialize with everyone. He had the funniest personality and most honest opinion about everything whether you wanted to hear it or not. All those who were close with Mark treasured his friendship. Mark loved serving at Guts church and this was his biggest passion being in church and growing his faith along with friendships. Mark had the biggest personality and loved to socialize. There was never a stranger around Mark. He was a faithful servant on many church teams but for many years served on Security team and Nightmare build-out team where he gained many dear friendships. He also enjoyed helping his wife Michelle with volunteer work for Dog Rescue Groups and Shelters. They worked side by side helping with adoption events, fundraisers and transporting. He loved transporting dogs out of shelters into rescue groups and helping to save their lives. This brought them great joy since they are such dog lovers. Mark had a great love for his dogs and were his children too. He is survived by his 5 fur children Bitsy, Molly, Mia, Avery and his Grand-dog Rylee. They were the biggest enjoyment in his life and treasured every moment with them. Mark also had a great passion for all types of racing but mostly Sprint Car racing. Mark had a sprint car team and he raced for several years. After he retired from racing as hobby he then traveled to different races to watch and spend time with his friends that were racing and help on their teams. Mark gained many friendships that meant a lot to him in racing. Mark was the biggest Chili Bowl racing fan you could imagine. He would spend the entire week at this race. One of his wishes was to have some of his ashes spread at the Chili Bowl so there will be a big celebration of his life in January for this race. Mark had a great passion for college football. He followed and loved Nebraska football since he was a small child. Mark and his wife traveled to many Nebraska football games over the years. Mark especially loved recently that his nephew Bryce had just started playing college football and enjoyed traveling to his games and following his career. Mark's had great enjoyment for many years when his daughter Meagan played competitive softball for many years from a small child thru college. Meagan was a pitcher so as her Dad became permanent catcher for many years. After one too many hematomas on his legs decided to hang up the catchers glove and let the professional girls take over. He helped coach on several softball teams that Meagan was on over the years and coaching was a great passion for him. Mark and his wife Michelle loved traveling to football games, race car tracks, long truck rides enjoying God's Country and spend time at lake camping. Mark would not want anyone to be sad and mourn his death. He would want the memories shared, to celebrate and thank God for the blessed years we had with him. We can take comfort knowing Mark is our guardian angel now beside our beloved Meagan watching over all of us. One day closer until we see them again. God Bless his loved one's and may they have peace, comfort and God's strength knowing Mark is raised up in heavenly place with our almighty Christ above. Memorial Service, Saturday 6/26/21, 1pm at Guts Church 9120 E Broken Arrow Expressway, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74145. Family is scheduled to arrive at 12pm in assigned area. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Go Fund Me account to help Michelle with funeral and medical expenses. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mark-shannon-memorial

Mark Patrick Shannon

June 8, 1962 - June 13, 2021