{"id":3697,"date":"2017-08-30T08:25:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maplewoodbarn.com\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2017-08-30T08:25:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:25:27","slug":"mark-durrant-stage-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/30\/mark-durrant-stage-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Durrant Stage Dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Join us at 7:45 pm on September 9th for\u00a0a special memorial dedication of the Maplewood stage\u00a0to the\u00a0memory of Mark Durrant.<\/h3>\n

Mark Durrant<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mark Oliver Durrant… was born June 1, 1957, in Lynchburg, VA.<\/p>\n

He married Leslie Van Oort on April 16, 1983.<\/p>\n

Mark was a dedicated, caring pharmacist and podiatrist.<\/p>\n

He graduated from Ohio State University with his Bachelor of<\/p>\n

Science degree in 1981. He practiced pharmacy at the Wade Park<\/p>\n

VA Medical Center, in Cleveland, for several years. Desiring to<\/p>\n

further his education, he enrolled in the Ohio College of Podiatric<\/p>\n

Medicine, graduating as valedictorian in 1987. He completed a<\/p>\n

two year podiatric surgical residency in 1989 at Doctor’s Hospital<\/p>\n

in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n

He entered into private practice for several years, later moving<\/p>\n

to Cadillac, Mich., to provide podiatric care to nursing home<\/p>\n

residents of northern Michigan. He especially enjoyed providing<\/p>\n

care to geriatric patients. At the time of his death, Mark was<\/p>\n

employed as s clinical pharmacist at Truman Memorial Veterans’<\/p>\n

Hospital in Columbia.<\/p>\n

Mark loved the theatre and was an active thespian. He was active<\/p>\n

with the Footlighters Community Theatre of Michigan. After<\/p>\n

moving to Columbia, he became active with the Maplewood Barn<\/p>\n

Community Theatre. He actived in eight shows at the Barn over<\/p>\n

the span of five seasons, culminating with his portrayal of<\/p>\n

Dr. Sanderson in “Harvey”.<\/p>\n

He was an active member of Midway Locust Grove United<\/p>\n

Methodist Church, where he directed and acted in the<\/p>\n

“Last Living Supper”, a Holy Week drama. He also sang in<\/p>\n

the church choir.<\/p>\n

Mark was a volunteer at the D&D Farms Wildlife Rescue,<\/p>\n

accompanying his daughter, Rachel, in helping to care for<\/p>\n

exotic animals. Mark loved animals, including his three<\/p>\n

dogs and cat. During his limited spare time, Mark also<\/p>\n

enjoyed golfing, gourmet cooking, travel and cheering on<\/p>\n

his beloved Ohio State Buckeyes.<\/p>\n

Mark was a loving husband, a much-loved son, father,<\/p>\n

brother, co-worker, and friend to many.<\/p>\n

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Join us at 7:45 pm on September 9th for\u00a0a special memorial dedication of the Maplewood stage\u00a0to the\u00a0memory of Mark Durrant. Mark Durrant Mark Oliver Durrant… was born June 1, 1957, in Lynchburg, VA. He married Leslie Van Oort on April 16, 1983. Mark was a dedicated, caring pharmacist and podiatrist. He graduated from Ohio State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maplewoodbarn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}