Mark Alan

Shefferman

August 6, 1942 – October 18, 2023

Mark Alan Shefferman, (81), of Dallas, TX has found peace after an extended battle with dementia.

Mark was born August 6, 1942, in Brooklyn, NY to David and Shirley (Korostoff) Shefferman as the oldest of 6 children. He grew up in Freeport, NY where he attended Congregation B'nai Israel.  Mark loved music and was active as the drum major in the marching band at Freeport High School as well as the drummer and vocalist in his own bands with friends.  He joyfully passed along his love of music to his two sons.  He volunteered with and was the secretary of the Band Parents Association at Lenape Valley High School.

He also loved baseball and was a lifelong New York Yankees fan. He spoke often about watching Yankees games in the Old Yankee Stadium seated near Babe Ruth's wife.  He enjoyed traveling, both for work and leisure. He traveled much of the US as well as Europe with his wife Pam. Education was very important to him.  After retirement from the collegiate sportswear industry, he was a substitute teacher and tutored students for the SAT.

Mark was a captivating storyteller. He most often recounted his experience interviewing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his college newspaper and marching with him in Selma for civil rights.

Mark married his wife Pam on September 4, 1993, in New York City.

Mark is survived by his wife Pam (Topel), sons Stephen (Cherie) and Alex (Christina), granddaughters Emily and Raya, brothers Neal (Maria), Bruce, Larry (Roseanne), and Scott (Shari'), his only sister Cathi Clark, many nieces and nephews, mother-in-law Violet Topel, brother- and sister-in-law Dan and Tara Topel, and former wife Carolyn and her husband Lou Gerstman - all of whom he loved dearly.

He is preceded in death by his parents and his father-in-Law, Clifford Topel.

A celebration of life will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, November 6, 2023, at the Claussen Funeral Home. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m.

Burial will be in St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Mills, WI.

If desired, please send donations to the Alzheimer's Association (www.alz.org) in Mark's memory to help find a cure for this horrible disease.

www.claussenfuneralhome.com