Mark A. (Erv) Falkowski, 39, Wausau, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, in a snowmobile crash in Vilas County.  He was doing something that he loved, riding snowmobile with his friends.

He was born in Iowa on Nov. 8, 1965, to Ronald and Bonnie (Sypher) Falkowski.  Mark was a graduate of D.C. Everest High School and was the owner of Woodland Floors in Wausau.

He was a Nascar fan and a Viking fan, and a Motorcross ice racer.  He was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose in Weston.

Mark is survived by his parents and two sons, Darion Ellenbecker, Athens, and Andrew Falkowski, Wausau.

Services were held at 4pm Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, at Christian Assembly – Assemblies of God Church, 400 Grand Ave, Wausau, with Rev. Dennis Romine officiating.  Burial was in Willwood Burial Park in Rockford IL.

Excerpt from article in Wausau Daily Herald dated 01-27-05:

“A 39-year-old Wausau man died Tuesday evening in a snowmobile crash in Vilas County.

 Mark Falkowski was traveling across Trout Lake in the middle of six other snowmobiles when he lost control after hitting a snow drift and rolled the snowmobile twice, the Vilas County Sheriff’s Department said.  A second snowmobile then struck Falkowski.  The crash occurred at about 5:30pm Tuesday.  Emergency service workers took Falkowski to the Howard Young Medical Center in Woodruff where he was pronounced dead.”