Mark W. Goebel has joined the Mullinax Funeral Home's Full-time Professional Staff.

BATES COUNTY, Mo – Mullinax Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., is pleased to announce that Mark W. Goebel has joined its full-time professional staff. Goebel, 33, holds funeral director licenses in Missouri and Kansas; embalmer licenses in both states; is a licensed pre-need agent; and a certified Crematory Operator. He is a 2002 graduate of Kansas City, Kansas Community College, where he earned a degree in Mortuary Science. He also studied at Mount Ida College in Boston.

Mark is a fourth-generation funeral director and embalmer. Born and raised in Yates Center, Kansas, he grew up in his family’s funeral business begun by his great-grandfather in 1933. Mark is very familiar with our area. After finishing school, he began working at funeral homes in Louisburg, Kansas and Drexel, Missouri, and went on to eventually manage those locations. When the owner of those firms sold the Drexel, Missouri location to Mullinax Funeral Home in 2006, Mark maintained his affiliation with the Drexel location, assisting there and at our Butler location until present time. Mark has recently left his position of funeral director at the Amos Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Shawnee, Kansas, where he worked since 2008.

“I am grateful that Bates County families have increasingly placed their trust in us these past few years,” said Greg D. Mullinax, owner and president. “As we serve more families, I have seen the need to increase our staff. Mark is the most experienced, competent and capable funeral director and embalmer you could want. I have pledged to serve our families with the very best, and Mark is an example of that level of commitment. I know he will be very welcomed here.”

Mark joins Greg Mullinax as a full-time funeral director at the main location in Butler, which continues to serve Drexel with a branch chapel there for services. Mark also specializes in monument design and sales. In his spare time, he enjoys working on the 10-acre home he recently purchased near Ballard, and working on old cars.

Mark W. Goebel has joined the Mullinax Funeral Home's Full-time Professional Staff.