Word has been received of the death of Mabel Marken, the wife of the late Grace Brethren pastor, Don Marken. Bud Olszewski, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Rittman, Ohio, remembers the Markens. “Mabel was the wife of Don, who served several GBC’s as pastor. He often took churches that could not afford to pay, thus making him a tent maker pastor. My closest association with him was while I served at Cuyahoga Falls. He took a mechanical inspector job in nearby Tallmadge and would live in the Falls from Sunday night to Friday and attend church most Sunday nights and always on Wednesday. What a great encouragement he was for a young pastor at a small struggling work.”