Mark Zuchero

Mark Zuchero, aged 70, died May 8th, after a long struggle with Alzheimers Disease, at the Crescent Manor facility, in Bennington, VT. Mark was born in Salem, MA to his late parents, Victor and Muriel Zuchero. He grew up in Swampscott, MA, where he graduated from Swampscott High and then from Bentley College in Waltham, MA. He will be deeply missed by Gail Dieter, his life partner of 39 years, whom he lived with in Wilmington, until moving to Monroe Bridge, MA, in 2015. Mark owned a rooming house, known as "The Ramage House". for the past 30 years. Mark made many new friends with the guests, who mostly worked for the power industry. He also leaves his two sisters, Carin Zuchero of Millis, Ma and Jan Monahan of Swampscott, Ma, and his niece Courtney Monahan and nephew, Thomas Monahan. Mark came to Mt Snow in 1975, while working for Ogden Foods, the company that ran the concessions at the ski area. He fell in love with the Valley and decided to stay. Because of his wonderful personality, he quickly made numerous friends and became known as Zuc. After working at Mt Snow, he opened his own business, Marcus Paper Co., which eventually led to a job at Yankee Rowe Nuclear Plant, in Rowe, MA. There he met many new friends, where he and Gail became part of a whole new family of life long close friends. This is where he became known as Zoomer, after starting a new business, Zoomers Express. In the long run, Mark was most happy working for himself, until his disease forced him to retire, about 10 years ago. Mark was always the life of the party and was often full of mischief. In the last years of his life he said daily, "Let's just have fun!!!" For those of us older folks, he will be remembered for putting an old crashed airplane, from Mt Snow Airport, on the back of his Ranchero. He was bringing the plane to his house on Rte 100, for the annual Memorial Day party and bonfire. Unfortunately, he was caught by Mt Snow Security, a sight they will never forget. There can't be any services at this time, but hopefully there will be a remembrance of his life in the future. Donations may be made to the Deerfield Valley Rescue, where Mark was a volunteer for several years, c/o Covey Allen & Shea Funeral Home P.O. Box 215 Wilmington, VT 05363.