Richard Mark Bosch
Richard Mark Bosch, 49, of Slippery Rock, West Liberty Borough, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at Butler Memorial Hospital following a 13-year illness.
He was born in Grove City on May 14, 1965, to Richard Carl Bosch and Catherine Mary Marshall Bosch.
Mark graduated from Slippery Rock High School in 1985 where he played on the football team. He married Tonya N. Chin on Aug. 25, 1995. Mark was a member of the St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in Slippery Rock.
He started his career with his own company, Anderson Field Machine, until his health declined. He currently was employed for West Liberty Borough.
He was an avid supporter of the Slippery Rock High School football program, serving as a volunteer for the program, including working the chains at the games. He was a history buff and enjoyed local history, Civil War history and especially World War II history. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and participating in turkey shoots and had an incredible sense of humor.
Survivors include his wife, Tonya; his son, Ryan T.R. Bosch, and his daughter, Marie Ann Bosch, all at home in Slippery Rock; his father, Richard C. “Dick” Bosch of Slippery Rock; his three sisters, Greta Marie Dailey and her husband, Daniel, and Carrie Ann Senge and her husband, Joseph, all of Slippery Rock, and Kimberly Sue Humphrey and her husband, Brent, of Hubert, N.C.; his brother, Michael Carl Bosch of Slippery Rock; his nieces and nephews; and a number of cousins.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Tiffani Z. Maxell; his mother, Catherine Bosch; and his sister, Catherine Mary.
Bosch — The family of Richard Mark Bosch, who passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014, will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at theSmith Funeral Home, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock.A funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Peter Roman Catholic Church, South Main Street, Slippery Rock, with the Rev. Father Kevin Poecking, pastor of St. Peter, presiding. Interment will be in West Liberty Cemetery.
