Dr. Mark L. Lasky

Dr. Mark L. Lasky passed into the hands of God on Friday, June 5, 2026. Born in Irvington, NJ, he spent his childhood in North Arlington, later moving to Fords, NJ, as a teenager.

He received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1969 and his Masters in Biology from Seton Hall University in 1972. In 1975, he received his medical degree from the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine. He then began a one year internship at Memorial General Hospital, Union, NJ, where he met his wife, Helen, who was a nurse there.

In 1976, he joined Fords Family Practice, which later merged with Avenel-Iselin Medical Group.

Fords was a very active practice, with Dr. Lasky usually seeing at least 45 patients a day, and often more. He treated different generations of the same family and, no matter how busy, would always make time for a parent with a sick child.

He had a wonderful "bedside manner," always kind, calm, and reassuring. When he retired in 2005, after almost 30 years, one patient wrote to him, "You are much more than a doctor to us. You have been our friend, our confidant, and the one person we have always known we could trust." Another patient also wrote, "You were more than a doctor. You are a wonderful man, a person with a caring soul and spirit. All these years you have been kind and loving, always showing love and compassion to everyone."

Dr. Lasky felt that people in the healthcare field were all "working for the Big Guy," taking care of God's creations and doing noble work. He loved taking care of people.

Even after retiring and moving to Chester, VA, in 2005, he felt he had more to give. In 2007, he began serving as a Medical Officer in the Active Duty Clinic at Kenner Army Health Clinic at Ft. Lee. He liked to say he was treating warriors. One patient said that, in 23 years in the Army, Dr. Lasky surpassed all his preceding doctors. After serving there for 9 years, he retired again in 2016, but continued to offer medical advice to family and friends.

As a young physician, Dr. Lasky promised God that he would take care of anyone who came to him for help and asked that God just keep him healthy long enough to do that. Dr. Lasky kept that promise for over 50 years. He loved medicine, loved helping others, and used the talents God gave him in the service of others. He had a noble life, very well lived.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2026 at the Chester Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. A visitation will take place the afternoon prior from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Dr. Lasky will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Park following the funeral service.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or to Tunnel to Towers Foundation in memory of Dr. Lasky.