Former Centerville mayor and city council member dies

Kingseed served on several boards around the Miami Valley and also was on the board for the Ohio Chamber Commerce.

Centerville Mayor Brooks Compton said the city staff was saddened by the loss of its former mayor.

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“We are deeply saddened by the death of Mark Kingseed,” Compton said. “As mayor, Mark led our city through difficult times, including the recession and state budget cuts while always promoting robust development.”

Compton said that Kingseed had the ability to bring people together.

“Mark was a natural leader who spent much of his career as a public servant in Centerville,” Compton said. “He had the rare ability to bring people together, always fought for what he believed in and was fair and objective. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Joannie and his family. We will all miss our friend Mark Kingseed.”

Kingseed was diagnosed with multiple myeloma — a treatable, but incurable, blood cancer — in 2006. He received a stem-cell transplant in 2007, and had gone into remission.

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During his battle against the disease, he was nominated for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Dayton-area Man of the Year.

A cause of death has not been released.