Birth date: Sep 15, 1973 Death date: May 2, 2024
Mark Aaron Burcham, 50, of Huntington, WV, passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV. He was born on September 15, 1973, in Huntington, WV. He was a 1991 Fairland High School graduate. He Read Obituary
I'm not sure what to write. I've rewritten this ten times over now, and still it doesn't seem enough. How do you encapsulate the totality of a relationship? How do you boil down your feelings into words on a screen? Mark was a dear friend, but much more than that he was a brother. I love him like family, and the news of his passing has left a hole in me. I feel sad, angry, confused, numb, and on and on. It still doesn't feel quite real. I catch myself expecting to see his name pop up in a message or online in a game and the realization that it can never happen again agonizes me. I know many of his friends feel the same way, and maybe it's cliche, but Mark was special. Now that he's gone, the world feels a little bit darker. The countless hours we spent talking, gaming, and laughing till our sides hurt will be memories I hold onto always. I regret we never made the trip to go visit him and likewise him to us. It almost feels like we've been robbed of something. The time spent with Mark will forever be a highlight in my life. Gone but not forgotten, a phrase that doesn't do him justice, but true nonetheless. Miss you Monkey.
~ Westy
I met Mark aka Greasemonkey through Philip (Diz) and Jeremy (Westy). Thanks to them, a big brother was found. For 8 years, I got to hear his voice, his laughter, his jokes and his support. It was always a warm feeling to hear him calling me his lil sis. Through Mark, I got to meet his wife Sleepy as well. Both of them just full of so much love for everyone. One of my fondest memories of Monkey is one of the rare times we got him to play ESO with us. We were having an amazing time and I had been drinking a tad too much. Well, I fell asleep. Woke up to an empty party. The following day, I was being roasted and laughed at by Monkey concerning my snoring. It was hard to be mad. His laughter has always been contagious. I'm going to miss my big brother. Here's to seeing you in the next life, Monkey. Love you.
May you rest peacefully Mark a.k.a greasemonkey. The wasteland will never be the same without you brother. I will forever be grateful for you Mark and Diz for letting me tag along with yalls in fallout it made the game 1000x better. I will miss you Monkey and 4ever will have a place in my heart. SEE you in the next life Mark <3
LOVE,
Joey Perez a.k.a BLKMAMBA
I don't know what to say I can't believe your gone. You were the older brother I never had. There is so many memories that I have with you from conquering the waste land to dominating the streets of San Adreas. You always knew just how to make my day better. I miss you so much and it still doesn't feel real that you are gone. I will always remember how much I drove you crazy over doing my runs in GTA or when we got board we would just go on war paths in whatever game we were playing. I will say one of my favorite memories is when me you and Diz were in Fallout and Diz decided to break your character with all the ammo he gave you, or the time me you and my son were playing and i had to jump off and head to the job site only to find out you ended up playing with Kevin for hours. Even outside the games we played you always supported me and had my back. I miss being able to mess with you about me driving all the way to you to have you build me a transmission. I may only have known you for a short time but you were closer to me than almost anyone else that I have had the pleasure of calling my friend because you were more than a friend you truly were my brother. I miss you big brother and I always will.
What does Oo-De-Lally mean Robin Hood?
"Oo-de-lally" is a term popularized during the 1950s meaning "yay" or "yippee." The song has recently appeared in a commercial for Google's Android set to live-action clips of animals playing and getting along with each other, with the tag "Friends Furever."
I will miss you my friend.
Robin Hood and Little John, walking through the forest
Laughing back and forth at what the other'n has to say
Reminiscing this and that and having such a good time
Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day
Never ever thinking there was danger in the water
They were drinking, they just guzzled it down
Never dreaming that a scheming sheriff and his posse
Was a-watching them and gathering around
Robin Hood and Little John, running through the forest
Jumping fences, dodging trees and trying to get away
Contemplating nothing but escape and finally making it
Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day
Oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day.
So, my name is Philip Nicol (aka Diz), I meet Mark through a game on Xbox live called Monster Hunter World 14 years ago. Mark and were never really apart. We were like Robin Hood and Little John running through the forest. Mark was an only child, but he gained brothers and sisters. I am glad I was one of them. We played everything together, from the Appalachian Mountains and the Wasteland of Fallot 76, to the City of Los Santos of GTA 5, to the fantasy lands of Elder Scrolls and Elden Ring, to the land of Dinosaurs in Ark, to the battle fields of Halo. Where he was, I was by his side backing him up for support or him backing me up. Or like a little brother, giving him the irritation of woundering why I was family to him, lol. I was his little brother. Like a little brother, I would irritated him, make him laugh so hard his glasses would fog up and tear, we would argue like siblings. At times when he was being a goof, I would ask Joanna his wife to go in and tickle him. Hearing him across the mic and headset of the funny sounds he would make and laughter from both Joanna and Mark. He had helped me in being that sounding board through the hard times as I was to him. I remember every time I texted him to what was up to and he would respond"At Mom and Dads" at times and I would text back, "Tell Mom and Dad I said hello". I treated his parents as if they were my own. It was funny when I would ask how they took it, his response "Weird", lol. But he told me that I was that "Brothet from another mother" to his parents. That made me happy to gain extra parents, lol. I will miss my Best Friend, my Partner in Arms, the Other SideKick, my Big Brother. Thank you for being so close to me and allowing me to be you "Little Brother".Big Brother may you sleep well till the day you awake in Paradise (Rev. 21:4).
You will be greatly missed by so many!!
