Thursday, October 10, 2024, Mark passed away at home of natural causes.  His wife Yvonne and his Hospice care nurses, Melinda and Kerry were with him at his passing. Mark was 75.

Mark was born in Great Falls, Montana, the oldest son of Clifford V Paddock and Margaret Lucy Paddock of Fairfield, Montana.  Mark spent his younger years in the Great Falls-Fairfield area, as a farm kid on the family farm and with his father in a trucking business hauling milk from area farms to the Meadow Gold Dairy in Great Falls. He spent most of his working life as a long-haul truck driver covering the whole country from coast to coast. He worked for V.K. Putman, driving for years before managing the ship, maintaining the Putman Fleet of trucks.

Mark was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Margaret Paddock, his daughter Carlin, and his brother Lee. He is survived by Yvonne, his wife of 34 years, his brother Gene R Paddock of Conrad, nephew Jason Paddock of Belgrade, and uncle and aunt Paul and Pat Kolste of Fairfield.

Special thanks to all the staff of Headwaters Hospice of Helena for their wonderful care and support for these last days.

No funeral services are planned at this time.