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Verstraete remembered as a ‘fair’ man

By Donna Barker - dbarker@bcrnews.com
Created: Friday, November 9, 2012 3:33 p.m. CDT
Updated: Friday, November 9, 2012 4:07 p.m. CDT

BRADFORD — Longtime Bureau County Fair Board member Mark Verstraete died Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the age of 64.

Verstraete had served on the Bureau County Fair Board for 22 years and was also a member of the Bradford School Board for 18 years, the First Baptist Church of Bradford and the Henry-Stark Special Education Board. Funeral services were held Friday at his church.

On Wednesday, fellow fair board members remembered Verstraete as a man who was passionate and energetic, committed to his family and the Bureau County Fair.

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