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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S2 Ep17 Always an Encouraging Word: Mark's Story
Description: Mark Teshkoyan, who passed away at the age of 60 in January of 2021, was a high school wood shop teacher and coach from Caldwell, New Jersey, whose career spanned almost four decades. At age twenty seven, he was diagnosed with severe kidney disease, which eventually led to dialysis treatments three times a week for thirty years.
Refusing to let his disease defeat him, he lived life to the fullest with humor & selflessness and always gave encouragement to his students, athletes, friends and family.
In this episode, “Always an Encouraging Word: Mark’s Story”, we are joined by Mar...