It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of our beloved brother, Mark Gregory Molzon, who passed away at the age of 68 on Saturday, August 31^st at Riverview Medical Center.

Mark was born in Red Bank on July 30, 1956, and he would tell you that the best people were born in July. He enjoyed a happy childhood in Lincroft and attended St. Leo the Great Grammar School. He graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in 1974 and briefly attended St. Michael’s College in Vermont before beginning his working career in the shipping industry in Chicago. He spent nearly a decade in Chicago working for ACL, Hapag-Lloyd, and Proteus. Eventually, Mark left the shipping industry to return home to work for his family business, Molzon Landscape Nursery. For many years, Mark led the Christmas tree operations at the garden center and once even managed to secure a visit from Santa Claus and his reindeer. In fact, Santa Claus was a personal friend of Mark’s, and even gave Mark his telephone number. Mark always loved talking with customers and sharing his knowledge of practical gardening advice.

Rugby was Mark’s favorite sport, and he enjoyed playing for a few different clubs in Chicago, as well as the Monmouth Rugby Football Club. He crushed many an opponent on the rugby field. He was an active, long-time member of the Red Bank Elks Lodge #233 and performed a lot of charity work through them. He was the king of selling raffle tickets. He also loved music, particularly the Grateful Dead, politics, and the New York Giants.

Mark had a wonderful sense of humor and always attempted to make people smile with a joke. He had many friends, and all who were lucky to be Mark’s friend would concur that he truly was a loyal and devoted friend himself. Mark was immensely proud of his 8 nieces and nephews and 12 grand-nieces and nephews, all of whom agree with Mark’s self-proclaimed title, the “Greatest Uncle in the Entire World.” He was a kid at heart, and in fact was proud to carry a “License to be a Kid” which was bestowed upon him by his nieces and nephews.

Mark is predeceased by his parents Henry and Dorothea Molzon, nee Deisler. He is survived by his siblings Robert Molzon and his wife Terri, Paul Molzon and his wife Jean, Faith Fernandez and her husband Richard, and Gerald Molzon and his wife Jacqueline, as well as his nieces and nephews Alexis, Claire, Paul, Katherine, Susan, Corey, Stephen and Michael,  and 12 grand nieces and nephews.

A memorial gathering will be held on Thursday, September 5th from 4:00-8:00 PM at the Holmdel Funeral Home, 26 S. Holmdel Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733. A memorial mass will be offered on Friday, September 6th at 10:15 AM at St. Leo the Great Church, Lincroft. In lieu of flowers, it was Mark’s wish that donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org or Shriners Children’s Hospital, www.shrinerschildrens.org.