Mark E. Gutzke died on April 21, 2023 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from pancreatic cancer. Mark earned a degree in architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Mark was a very gifted and exacting woodworker and carpenter and he used his architectural and woodworking skills professionally to perform residential rehab and personally on his and his wife Jennifer's beautiful home in Little Italy. Mark was a proud Chicagoan through and through. He was an ever loyal and long suffering fan of the Chicago Fire and the Chicago Bears; often enjoying tailgate parties with friends that were more fun than the games. Mark was also an avid bicyclist and motorcyclist. He and his wife Jennifer blended his love of soccer and cycling by taking a number of biking and cycling trips through Europe, visiting his family in Germany, and following the U.S. World Cup soccer team. Mark loved cycling through the European mountains and was especially proud of scaling Mount Ventoux in a decent time. He also thoroughly enjoyed cycling on Chicago's Lakefront Trail and then riding north to Wisconsin or south to Indiana with his pack of cycling friends no matter the weather.

Mark is survived by his wife of 38 years Jennifer, his father Rik and stepmother Zacki , his brother Dirk and his wife Peggy, his brother Rik and his wife Diane, and a number of very dear brother and sister in laws and nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, Jennifer asks that donations be made in Mark's memory to the Pancreatic Action Network at http://pancan.org. A memorial gathering will be planned for a later time.

Arrangements entrusted to Caring Cremations of Chicago, IL.