Mark Fries was born in Lewiston, Montana, on May 19, 1949. He died at the age of 75 in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a fall at Lake Havasu, Arizona. He was the oldest of four siblings; his parents were George and Helen Fries.
He graduated from Fergus High School in 1967. He graduated from Montana State University; there, he met and married Kay Whipplinger. They later divorced. After graduating, he was drafted into the Army and spent most of that time in Guam.
He worked as a bank loan officer in South Dakota and Washington for several years. He then worked and finished his career as a loan officer for the Small Business Administration in Portland, Oregon, and Helena, Montana. During that time, he received his Masters Degree from Gonzaga University…