Judge Mark Fankhauser remembered for ‘service,’ ‘integrity,’ ‘enduring love’

In 2009, an attorney who was going to run for the Portage County Municipal Court judgeship backed out, leaving an opening.

With just a few days to find a candidate, Bob Fankhauser, former chief of the Adult Probation Department of Portage County, approached Laurie Pittman, Portage County common pleas judge, and suggested his son, Mark Fankhauser.

“Mark had four days...

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