K’bunk man remembered as ‘good friend for everybody’ (Printed Feb. 15, 2008)
By Nate Jones
Staff Writer
Mark Lank, 22, of Kennebunk, was the third Mainer to die in a snowmobile accident this year.
On Feb. 5, Lank was pronounced dead at the scene in Dayton, from head trauma sustained in the accident. Dan Goodson, Lank’s friend, was riding with him and called authorities from the scene. Deborah Turcotte, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service said speed was a factor in the accident. Turcotte said that Lank was thrown 47 feet from his sled when he missed a turn and hit a ditch. He suffered head trauma despite the fact that he was wearing a helmet, Turcotte said.
Lank graduated from Kennebunk High School in 2004, where he began volunteering for the West Kennebunk Fire Station, Deputy Fire Chief David Cluff said. Cluff said Lank started in the junior program while in high school and eventually trained and completed the Maine Fire and Education program.
According to his obituary, provided by Bibber Funeral Home, Lank went on to take courses in emergency vehicle operation, apparatus pumps and hazardous materials operations with the West Kennebunk Fire Station.
A week before his death Lank took a leave of absence from the fire department, where he had been for seven years, Cluff said, as he was devoting more time to his job with the Hissong Development Corp., where he had worked for almost a year and a half.
“We still considered him part of the department,” Cluff said.
Lank’s mother, Wendy Lank, said he did “a little bit of everything” for Hissong Development Corp., including mowing lawns and dealing with snow removal in the winter.
“He did whatever they needed him to do,” she said.
Wendy Lank said her son was fond of the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, hunting and auto-racing in addition to snowmobiling.
“He loved it all,” she said. “He was a good friend for everybody.”
According to a Maine Warden Service press release, Lank is the second snowmobile-related fatality in the state in a single week.
Lank is survived by his parents Mark and Wendy, his sister Danielle and grandparents Arthur and Shirley Lank in addition to a large extended family, according to his obituary.
Firefighters hosted a memorial tribute in memory of Mark Lank after his funeral service Feb. 8 at the Bibber Memorial Chapel on Summer Street in Kennebunk.
Staff Writer
Mark Lank, 22, of Kennebunk, was the third Mainer to die in a snowmobile accident this year.
On Feb. 5, Lank was pronounced dead at the scene in Dayton, from head trauma sustained in the accident. Dan Goodson, Lank’s friend, was riding with him and called authorities from the scene. Deborah Turcotte, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service said speed was a factor in the accident. Turcotte said that Lank was thrown 47 feet from his sled when he missed a turn and hit a ditch. He suffered head trauma despite the fact that he was wearing a helmet, Turcotte said.
Lank graduated from Kennebunk High School in 2004, where he began volunteering for the West Kennebunk Fire Station, Deputy Fire Chief David Cluff said. Cluff said Lank started in the junior program while in high school and eventually trained and completed the Maine Fire and Education program.
According to his obituary, provided by Bibber Funeral Home, Lank went on to take courses in emergency vehicle operation, apparatus pumps and hazardous materials operations with the West Kennebunk Fire Station.
A week before his death Lank took a leave of absence from the fire department, where he had been for seven years, Cluff said, as he was devoting more time to his job with the Hissong Development Corp., where he had worked for almost a year and a half.
“We still considered him part of the department,” Cluff said.
Lank’s mother, Wendy Lank, said he did “a little bit of everything” for Hissong Development Corp., including mowing lawns and dealing with snow removal in the winter.
“He did whatever they needed him to do,” she said.
Wendy Lank said her son was fond of the outdoors and enjoyed fishing, hunting and auto-racing in addition to snowmobiling.
“He loved it all,” she said. “He was a good friend for everybody.”
According to a Maine Warden Service press release, Lank is the second snowmobile-related fatality in the state in a single week.
Lank is survived by his parents Mark and Wendy, his sister Danielle and grandparents Arthur and Shirley Lank in addition to a large extended family, according to his obituary.
Firefighters hosted a memorial tribute in memory of Mark Lank after his funeral service Feb. 8 at the Bibber Memorial Chapel on Summer Street in Kennebunk.
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