Mark Sobel Jr., 17, died July 16, 2011, at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia from complications of acute myocarditis. He was about to enter his senior year at Middletown High School North. Mark was involved with the Kiwanis Youth Service Organization Key Club, Science League-Chem Team, and Junior Class Council. He was an honor student and was planning to attend the University of Miami as a pre-med major. He was currently employed as a busboy at the Salt Creek Grill, Rumson. Mark was predeceased by his maternal great-grandparents, Grace and Luigi Scarsella and Philomena and Fabio Massaro; his paternal greatgrandparents, Lillian and Robert Reynolds and Ida and Seymour Sobel; his step-grandfather, William R. Brown; and an uncle, John J. Richards. Surviving are his parents, Dr. Mark and Mary Grace Sobel; a brother, Jay Michael Sobel; a sister, Grace Ann Sobel; his paternal grandmother, Jane Brown; his paternal grandfather, Murray Sobel and his wife, Mary Sobel; his maternal grandparents, Mario and Connie Massaro of Ohio; his aunts and uncles, Scott Sobel, Lee Sobel, Jay Sobel, Mario L. Massaro, Dr. Dean and Beth Massaro, David and Doreen Riser and Phyllis Richards; and eight cousins. Memorial donations may be made to the Mark Sobel Jr. Scholarship Fund at Middletown High School North for a deserving graduating senior; donations may be mailed to P.O. Box 8097, Red Bank, NJ 07701. AMass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Holy Cross Church, Rumson. Interment followed at Fair View Cemetery, Middletown. Arrangements were by the Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank.
