Mark Pierson deceased!

> Buckles, > Received a call yesterday from Jim Zajicek ; With some sad > news. Jonathon "Mark" Pierson passed away yesterday. > He had returned home at the seasons end and while visiting his mother > in Canada suffered a heart attack. > Mark started on the Vargas show on the big top crew in 1977 and > eventually worked his way to the elephant dept. He was with Vargas off > and on til 1993 where he worked under VC Arivett, Tom Larson, Erik > Jaeger and especially enjoyed working for Ted Polk and Rex Williams. > He also worked a short stint for Alan Campbell and then worked for the > Hawthorn corp. under Gary Thomas. > In more recent times, he spent 16 years off and on working for Jim > Zalicek around the elephants and later manning the ticket box on Jim's > Big Circus Side Show. > Last winter he put some time in at the Endangered Ark Foundation in > Hugo. > A private family service will be held in Canada. > James C. Hall Buckles, Didn't know if you had heard that long-time friend, co-hort, worker of Jim Zaichek', Mark Pierson, had passed away a couple of days ago, from a heart attack. There's alot of info on him on "Sideshow World", Face book, etc. Just thought you should know. Peter Sturgis >