Mark J. Sisinyak *61

Mark Sisinyak, a retired Army major general, died Nov. 23, 2015, after a short battle with cancer. He was 81.

After graduating in 1956 from West Point, he began a military career that took him around the world. In 1961, he earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Princeton.

Sisinyak served in Australia, Korea, Hawaii, and throughout the United States. He had two tours in Vietnam and earned many commendations, including the Distinguished Service Medal, multiple Legion of Merit awards and Meritorious Service medals, as well as a Purple Heart and a Master Parachutist Badge.

He ultimately rose to the rank of two-star general and retired from the Army in 1988. After working in engineering, construction, real estate, and personal training, he retired fully in 2004. He was a member and held office in the Society of American Military Engineers and Rotary Club International. In several cities, he was also a member of the local chamber of commerce.

Sisinyak is survived by his wife, Becky; sons Tom and Joe; stepdaughter Alicia Ransom; and grandchildren Joey and Kaylee. Raised in a family steeped in Serbian-Croatian tradition, he always enjoyed his family’s annual Slava celebration in his Michigan hometown.

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