more info on palmer

This is the obituary in the Dispatch.

PALMER Mark K. Palmer, age 31, Monday, March 27, 2006 at Riverside Hospital after a long battle with cancer. 1992 Graduate of Mansfield High School, PA and 1996 Graduate of Baptist Bible College, Clarks Summit, PA. Currently working on his graduate degree at Ashland Theological Seminary. Mark was Spiritual Director of the Landing Place Community, Columbus, Ohio, and also shared his vision of Kingdom and Community living in speaking engagements across the country and around the world. Survived by wife, Amy Palmer; son, Micah Palmer; parents, Richard and Vivian Palmer of Mansfield, PA; sister, Christiana Palmer of Philadelphia, PA; brother, C.J. Palmer of Vista, CA; father and mother-in-law, Bruce and Betty Smith of Columbus, OH; also the members of his Landing Place Community. Preceded in death by his first wife, Jennifer Palmer. Friends may call Wednesday 7-9 p.m. at EGAN-RYAN FUNERAL HOME, 403 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. Graveside Service Thursday 10:30 a.m. at Union Cemetery, Columbus, OH. Memorial Service Thursday 11:30 a.m. at Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave., Columbus, OH and also a Memorial Service at Covington Baptist Church, Covington, PA Sunday 2 p.m. April 2, 2006. Visit www.egan-ryan.com to send condolences. In lieu of flowers friends who wish may contribute to the Mark Palmer Memorial Fund, c/o The Landing Place Community, 64 King Ave., Columbus, OH 43201.

Also, if any of you readers are in the Cincy area, Kevin Rains' church is holding a wake. "There are some things in life, and they may be the most important things, that we cannot know by research or reflection, but only by committing ourselves. We must dare in order to know. Life is full of situations to which I can respond not with part of myself but only with commitment of my whole being." --J.H. Oldham Life is Commitment (1953)