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Mark S. Harvey, age 90, of Flora, Illinois, passed away January 11, 2022. Mark Sterling Harvey was born July 12, 1931, in Potter County, Pennsylvania. He was the first-born to Mark G. and Eloise (Buckley) Harvey, and had two younger siblings, Jane and Garey. His parents wanted to name him after his late grandfather, Ray, but due to family objections he was named Mark, after his father. His parents and family called him Ray his whole life – but when he married, his wife (Mary Jo) wanted him to be called Mark, and henceforth he was known as Mark. Mark and his family lived in Pennsylvania during his childhood, but during his teenage years, when his father started working for Halliburton, Mark and his family moved frequently – from Pennsylvania to Illinois, and many places around central and southern Illinois. During his high school years, he worked detasseling corn and, in a bit of foreshadowing, as an ice cream scooper at Park Dairy in Mattoon, IL. He graduated from Crossville High S