After a brief illness, Mark Andrew Tabeling, age 71, passed away in his sleep on January 25, 2023, at the house of his brother Sam and sister-in-law Mary Leese.
His mother Dorothy, father Paul, and brother Larry were all died before Mark.
On June 24, 1951, Mark was born in Covington, Kentucky. He was the third child to be born to Crestview Hills residents Dorothy and Paul Tabeling. Mark attended Covington Catholic High School in 1969 after finishing high school at St. Pius X in 1965.
Mark attended Thomas Moore College and earned a BA in Business Administration there in 1975 while also being a member of the Alpha Gamma Fraternity.
While still in high school, Mark started his lengthy career in the aviation industry at SkyChef by serving hotdogs and brats at the Cincinnati airport.
He joined American Airlines because of Sky Chef and his passion for flying.
Thus began a career that he loved and that would eventually take him around the globe and bring him into contact with friends he would have for the rest of his life.
He worked in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Dallas, Nashville, and eventually settled in the Fort Lauderdale region. Mark was a fervent aficionado of aviation memorabilia.
Every ticket he had ever used, every first class menu, every brand of little airline liquor bottle, collector airline calendars, model planes, you name it, he had it.
After 38 years in customer service at American Airlines, Mark retired. He discovered his passion of cruising in retirement.
His preferred cruise line was Royal Caribbean, where he successfully attained their pinnacle rank. Mark spent more than 150 days on a ship the previous year and thoroughly enjoyed himself.
His love of travel was undeniable, and it contributed to the countless close friends he made, particularly within the American Airlines family.
In addition to his brother and sisters, Mark is also survived by his aunt Joan Fasold and uncle Dick Tabeling. Mark was a wonderful little brother and Sam (Mary Lee) Tabeling’s frequent traveling companion.
He was also a loving big brother to Susan (Bob) Reese, Carol (Ken) Scheffel, and Sally (Jeff) Feldmann. For his nieces and nephews, Amy, Emily, Robbie, Kent, Austin, Lauren, and Whitney, Mark was a dedicated uncle and grand uncle.
On February 23, at 11:00 a.m., a memorial mass for Mark and Larry Tabeling will be held at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 348 Dudley Road, Edgewood, Kentucky 41017. Before the Mass, there will be a visitation from 10:00 to 11:00.
At noon, there will be a brief reception in Milligan Hall, which is located below the church. The reception will be followed by burial at Ft. Mitchell’s St. Mary’s Cemetery.
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