Mark Alan Colliau was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 11, 1959 to Richard Colliau and Joan Martin. Mark passed away at his home in Kaufman, Texas on June 6, 2011. Mark moved to Texas as a young child. He moved to Garland and then to Texarkana and back to Garland. Mark moved to Kaufman in 1985 and worked for Mesquite Plumbing Company in Crandall, Texas for ten years. Mark married Penny Faulkner on February 11, 1982 in Oklahoma. Mark was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife: Penny of Kaufman, son: Ryan Hartley of Dallas, daughters: Jessica Colliau of Flower Mound and Amy Hartley Villalon of Flower Mound, sisters: Susan Quintana of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Linda Walls of Tallahassee, Florida, nephew: Chad Adair of Lancaster, niece: Charlotte Brewer of Kaufman, grandchildren: Dylan Hartley, Nathan Villalon, Nina Villalon and Colten Alan Crow and many other relatives and friends.