::: Daniel Marks :::
"Again and again I realize music is the only constant in my life." - Daniel Marks, in the last email he sent, to his friend Elliot in Portland ::: Click Here to Hear Dan's Music :::
This site is for the friends and family of, and is dedicated to the memory of, Daniel Marks. If you have anything to contribute (picutres, comments, stories, thoughts, music, etc), please email danielmarks@teamabunai.org
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01.11.07 :: Update from Ronald Marks:
"I cannot tell all of you how much your compassion and support these last months has meant to me and my family but I have decided as of last night to look no further for my son Dan's remains.
I have used the past year to investigate every issue possible including using former FBI agents to interview a number of witnesses and friends of Dan. We have looked at satellite images of the canyon, license plate numbers, search grids , digital photos and I believe have exhausted every resource available. I have considered the sound advice of tracker Dave Hake one of the most admirable dedicated people I have met . Charles Cobb 's advice and prior search results were also important, as was the passage of over a year since we learned Dan was missing.
I have taken into consideration the experience of one who rappelled into the canyon years ago, the views of those who saw Dan last and my doctors opinions but most of all the opinions of my son Ron and daughter Susan. In addition, I am not willing to put any more people at risk by searching that unforgivable canyon.
There were essentially two issues. finding Dan and bringing his remains to Ohio to inter them and ending the search. I actually made my decision backwards. I decided a week ago I would not bring him to Ohio for burial if found. Then I decided not to go any further with the search. Instead, at the urging of my Dr. at the veteran's hospital, I purchased a burial plot and ordered a head stone for Dan yesterday. It was, the toughest day of my life.
My decision is mine alone and is not intended to limit any other efforts to search for Dan. My decision is final and I am , more than anything, at peace with my decision. I wish it were otherwise but, I have done all I can.
Thanks again to all of you but most of all to my wife Elaine for her support, my great compassionate brothers Gary and Dan and Chris, and Dan's maternal family.
To all Dan's friends in Portland Oregon and around the country, some of whom I have traveled to meet, thanks for your friendship to Dan and to me. I am continuing the establishment of The Daniel Joseph Marks Dana School of Music Memorial and will let you know how that goes. David at PSYBooty will be on the steering committee as will my Warren Ohio colleague Atty. Mike Ognebene also a world class musician.
To all of you I remain eternally grateful. May Dan rest in peace. Ron Marks Sr."
01.14.06 :: michelle pinti :: I knew him. I know what he had to contribute to this world. Haven't seen him in quite a while, but the essence of someone is always apparent. My thoughts are with his family, you, and all those who knew him and can't understand why this happened. In a strange way, I know that this will make me grow as a person, but also, something still doesn't feel right about assuming he's dead. I'm planning on attending his memorial service in Ohio, but something still feels amiss. Nothing feels right after losing a friend, but maybe feeling alive is accentuated by the possible mortality of others. Carry on the tradition, carry the fire he had in him, and live life to the hilt!!!
12.16.05 :: Sue Marks :: Kerrke Yu, a newly made friend of our family who was invaluable in our search for Dan, revised a song for Ron, Katrina and I - it was a song that we heard several times during our search and that always reminded us of Dan.
You can find it at:
Thanks again for your continued thoughts and celebrations of who Dan is (I can't say was just yet) and how he affected all of our lives.
Take care,
Sue