Mark P. Truebenbach, age 73, left this earth to walk the streets of gold and worship his Lord and Savior on 06/16/17. Mark lived most of his life in Wisconsin, aside from 19 years in Kentucky where he and his wife Grace served in ministry.Mark was born on June 10, 1944 in Green Bay, WI to parents Norman Truebenbach and Lucille (Schmidt) Truebenbach. Mark met the "love of his life", Grace Reinhold, while they attended Gillett High School. Mark and Grace were married on 05/08/65 in Gillett and were blessed with 52 years of marriage.Mark's career was as a salesman and manager for various employers including J.J. Keller & Associates in Neenah, WI. His last position was with Home Depot in Appleton, where he would direct you to what you needed to get the job done! His most passionate positions were where he was able to impact people for the Lord, serving at Rawhide Boys Ranch in the 1970's and at Potter's Ranch in Kentucky from 1996 - 2008. Mark served others through involvement with the Gideon's, jail ministry and youth ministry. Mark's first priority was living a life that was honoring to the Lord. By doing so his heart overflowed with loving devotion and tender care for his wife Grace, and children Lisa and Marc. Mark enjoyed riding motorcycles and target shooting with his son Marc, listening to Grace and Lisa's musical talents, fishing, making new friends wherever he went, and fixing anything that couldn't be fixed! Mark was an evangelist at heart and would take every opportunity to tell people how the Lord changed his life. In fact, Mark and Grace passed out pens with Ephesians 2:8-9 referenced on them to thousands of people across the United States and several other countries.Mark is survived by his amazing wife Grace, daughter Lisa Kools (Donnell Crume - Fiancé), son Marc Truebenbach, sister Sue Dolbow (Bill - Husband - Deceased), and brother Bill Truebenbach (Mary - Wife) as well as many in-laws, cousins, nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents.Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 22rd, 2017 at Appleton Alliance Church, 2693 Grand Chute Blvd, Grand Chute, WI 54913 at 10:00 a.m. with a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. Lunch will be served after the service. If you would like to contribute to a memorial fund in Mark's name, please mail your card to the funeral home. Fox Cities Funeral Home 3026 Jackson St., Oshkosh, WI 54901Special thanks to our family and friends who continue to lift us up in prayer during this time of sorrow and joy, and thanks to each of you who have helped in so many ways to meet our unexpected needs. Each of you is a blessing to our family.On 05/24/17 Mark was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a very rare degenerative brain disease for which there is no treatment or cure. As a testament to God's loving kindness, we would like to share with you some exerts from this journey written by his daughter Lisa: 06/05/17: This is an update from my dad's neurology appointment in Madison today. The miracle that we were hoping for looks different than what we were praying for. They confirmed dad's diagnosis and the doctor told me this is the quickest progressing case that he's ever seen of Creutzfeldt Jacob disease. The best estimate is that we have weeks with dad, not months as originally thought. Only 1 in a million people get it. The disease happens when prions (proteins) in the body for some unknown reason "fold".We did have some blessings today. The doctor pointed to me and asked who I was, and my dad said "that's my daughter Lisa". I was so blessed by that since it had been over a week since he said my name. The doctor then pointed to my mom and asked the same question, and dad said "that's the love of my life". The doctor asked a few more times and the response was always the same "that's the love of my life". How precious is the love my parents have for each other. 06/09/17: In the mist of the storm, I received an unexpected blessing yesterday. My dad asked my mom yesterday if his illness was serious and she told him that it was. He then asked if they could give him medication for it, and she had the difficult task of telling him that there is no cure.As I drove from work to their house I prayed that the Lord would give me the words to say and the wisdom on how to comfort my dad. I sat down by his bed and prayed. I prayed that Jesus would fill the room, that guardian angels would encamp around us, that his peace that passes understanding would flow freely in us. I thanked the Lord for my daddy and for how he and my mom led me to know of the salvation of Christ.There were tears in both of our eyes. My daddy started patting his chest gently and I prayed that if he needed to tell me something that he would be able to. He patted his chest again and said "It is well with my soul." 06/16/17: This morning shortly after dad passed, we had a beautiful time of prayer together, my mama Grace, brother Marc and I, hands entwined with sorrow and love. Now a family of 3, not 4, on this earth, but we know in God's beautiful timing we will once again be a family of four. In our hearts we still are. Actually, our family in heaven will be innumerable! All of our brothers and sisters in Christ having one big praise party unto the King of kings and Lord of lords, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, our Savior, Provider, Our All in all, the great I AM....and he bottles up our tears right now, for he joins in the pain our hearts hold. He knows it all too well. He felt that pain and more when his Son Jesus went to the cross to bear my sins, your sins, the sins of the world. Thank you Jesus for paying the price so that we are washed white as snow, and have the promise of spending eternity with you!We do not grieve as those without hope grieve. We have a blessed assurance from our heavenly father that we will spend eternity together.While Tears may flow freely down my face, my heart also sings with joy knowing that my daddy is free from pain, free from sadness, free from tears. He won the prize of getting to his heavenly home first! I can imagine the Lord saying to him, "Well done my good and faithful servant," and the tears come again, but that's okay. It's my time to mourn..."There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,"??Ecclesiastes? ?3:1-7? ?NIV??