Earl "Mark" Buhrle, age 64, passed away at the Peabody Care Center, Peabody, Kansas on November 20, 2011.

He was born on September 29, 1947 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Earl Louis and Sadie Jane Mark Buhrle.

He was a roofer and had owned his own business for many years. He was a lifelong resident of the Wichita area. He had previously been married to Kathryn Graeff Herrman, the mother of his children.

He is survived by his son, Robert Mark Buhrle, Florence; daughters, Earletta Omstead (Frank), Florence, and April Buhrle (fiance, Scott Delo), Utica; brothers, Louis Earl Buhrle (Sharon), Wichita, and William Robert Buhrle, Wichita; nine grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Raymond Earl Buhrle; brother, Larry Earl Buhrle; granddaughter, Samantha Omstead; adopted brother, Samuel Reeves Buhrle; and adopted sister, Penny Reeves Buhrle.

Funeral Service will be Friday, November 25, 2011, 2:00 P.M. at the First Christian Church in Utica, Kansas. Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City, on Tuesday from Noon to 9 P.M. and Wednesday from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Burial in Utica Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to Hospice Care of Kansas.