October 1951 – Sept. 3, 2025
Mark passed away on Sept. 3 in Pueblo West, Colorado, succumbing to various medical problems. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts to Vincent and Patricia Hockmeyer, the family moved to Andover a few years later.
Mark was a standout hockey player throughout his public school years. His high school team went to Sweden, Moscow and Switzerland in 1969. He then attended Leicester Junior College, where he played on the school team. He also played with the semi-pro Lowell Chiefs after high school. After moving to Colorado in the mid-’70s, he played for the Aspen Leafs. He then coached the Aspen High School team to a state championship.
Mark worked as a professional mason in the Roaring Fork Valley; the most visible example of his work being at the Three Bears building in Downtown Basalt, where he did the entire brick work himself — including erecting staging and mixing mortar.
He spent some time working on natural gas rigs in Wyoming in the ‘80s, and he was known to tear up many a dance floor.