\t\t\tMark Bazzarri \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
Mark Bazzarri, of Scranton, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 25, 2026, while vacationing in Bermuda with his wife of 46 years, Karen Tiberi Bazzarri.<\/p>\n
\nBorn April 17, 1957 in Old Forge, he was the son of the late Nello and Elaine Belloni Bazzarri. Affectionately known as Buzzy, he was a graduate of Old Forge High School, Class of 1975. He went on to attend technical college in Pennsauken, NJ. Mark was employed at Suckle Electronics\/Global Metal Forms until their closing. Prior to retirement, he worked at Tobyhanna Army Depot until 2015.<\/p>\n
\nMark was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons Schiller Lodge 345, Keystone Consistory and Irem Shriners Oriental Band. He was a Green Bay Packer fan since childhood and a season ticket holder for the WBS Penguins hockey team. He and Karen enjoyed traveling to Pittsburgh to attend Penguins hockey games and concerts.<\/p>\n
\nHe was a golfer for many years and once achieved a hole-in-one. In his early teens, he began league bowling with his Dad. He and Karen bowled in mixed leagues for several years. He was currently bowling with the Federal Bowling League at Idle Hours South.<\/p>\n
\nMark enjoyed all types of motor sports racing, especially Indy Car racing. He and Karen attended races across the U.S.; and in 2016 he had a 3-lap ride in the two seater Indy Car driven by Mario Andretti.<\/p>\n
\nThroughout their life together and especially after retirement, Mark and Karen enjoyed traveling the country for vacations, attending Indy Car races and concerts. Mark also enjoyed walking the Lake Scranton trail and could be found most mornings sharing the walk with his longtime friend Bryan Kiesinger.<\/p>\n
\nIn addition to his wife, he is survived by brother-in-law, Vince Tiberi (Jo-Anne) of Deland, FL; sisters-in-law, Lisa Dommes (Jimmy) of Scranton and Amy Black (Bill) of Hop Bottom; nieces and nephews, Alyssa Kokas (Ricky), Scott Tiberi (Alyssa), Eddie Tiberi, Michael Hull (Rikki), James Dommes (Sunny), and Elizabeth Black; grandnieces and grandnephews, J.J., Benny, Emersyn, Layla, and Mikey; cousins, Ann Marie Robbins (Charlie), Annette Tross, Angela Agostini (Bob), Michael Basta (Cindy), Matt Basta (Laura); his cherished God-child, Tara Marie Basta; and his fur baby Bella.<\/p>\n
\nKaren wishes to express her sincere appreciation to Tom Lamb and his staff (especially Cici) at Pompano Beach Club, Bermuda; resort guests Autumn Binion, Lizzie Thomson and Chuck Formoso; and Officer Rachel Benedict of the Bermuda Police Services for their kindness and compassion.<\/p>\n
\nFriends may pay their respects on Friday, July 10, 2026, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Ferri & Gillette Funeral Services, LLC, 522 Fallon St., Old Forge.<\/p>\n
\nThe funeral will be Saturday, July 11, 2026, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM in Prince of Peace Parish (St. Mary\u2019s Church), 123 W. Grace St., Old Forge, to be celebrated by Father Walter E. Jenkins, C.S.C., Ed.D., pastor. Those planning to attend are asked to proceed directly to the church. Entombment will follow in Cathedral Cemetery Mausoleum, Scranton.<\/p>\n
\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Scranton Public Library, 500 Vine St, Scranton, PA 18509. To leave an online condolence visit the funeral home website or Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\nMark Bazzarri<\/p>\n
\nJune 25, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Bazzarri OBITUARY Mark Bazzarri, of Scranton, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 25, 2026, while vacationing in Bermuda with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-238368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}