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 His celebration of life service begins at 6:00 p.m. on November 8, 2019 at Hill Funeral Home, 220 South State St., Westerville, OH 43081. 

Birgit, my wife, Julia, our daughter, and me got known to Mark at a visit to the Burnetts in 2007. Birgit and Kathy were exchange students during their school times and they did not meet again until that visit.
Besides all the wonderful family members we met I was deeply impressed by the personality of Mark. It is incredible how fast he gave us the feeling of being friends since decades. Apart from the wonderful canoeing tour the family took us to I remember the talks to Mark very lively. For example his saying "It's all about practice!" made it's way into our family vocabulary. He promised us a very good whiskey, not the ordinary one, but the good one from the top of the cupboard.
Mark, now we need to postpone this drink to another time and location. Rest in peace.

Axel Klein

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Obituary for Mark C. Burnett

Mark C. Burnett 1959-2019

Mark C. Burnett

07/11/1959 - 10/19/2019

Mark Collin Burnett, 60, passed away October 19, 2019 at home in Galena, Ohio. No words can convey Mark’s remarkable personality—his enthusiasm was all-encompassing. An extraordinarily devoted son, husband, and father, Mark was passionate about his boys, Pittsburgh Pirates, Buckeyes, photography, music, history, fly-fishing, birds, books, bourbon. His stories are renowned. Mark was born in Alexandria, Virginia, July 11, 1959. Preceded in death by his father Melbourne Burnett, Mark is survived by his mother Lynnette (George), wife Kathy (Blubaugh), son Jack Clemente, stepson David Tebbe, brother Jonathan, and numerous in-laws, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews.

Mark graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in Photography, and his photos appeared in newspapers, magazines, and textbooks spanning decades. He was working on his master’s degree in UDX through the Rochester Institute of Technology when he became ill. Although his accomplishments and interests were many and varied, most of you just knew him as being kind and over-the-top hilarious. No one could tell a story better, yet his embellishments over time made them even more audacious. And he was interested in you and you and you. He loved hearing your stories too. He drew everyone in his path into his orbit. Mark made our lives so interesting, and we’ll miss him very much.

His celebration of life service begins at 6:00 p.m. on November 8, 2019 at Hill Funeral Home, 220 South State St., Westerville, OH 43081.