Cathedral City honors former councilmember Mark Carnevale at Celebration of Life ceremony
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) - Cathedral City hosted a celebration of life service for Councilmember Mark Carnevale Monday at the Mary Pickford Theatre.
Carnevale represented District 3 and was first elected to the council in 2014. He served as the city's mayor twice, in 2019-20, following the passing of Mayor Gregory S. Pettis, and again in 2023-24.
For those unable to attend in person, the service was livestreamed on the City's YouTube channel at youtube.com/discovercathedralcity.
They had to use two overflow auditoriums for the service due to the large turnout. "He was a legend in Cathedral City. Everyone just loved him," says his son, Nick Carnevale.
The celebration was emceed by Stan Henry, with speeches by family members, Cathedral City Mayor Raymond Gregory, Scott Robinson from the Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City and News Channel 3's Chief Meteorologist, Patrick Evans.
"Mark is just truly larger than life," says his daughter, Karrie Edgar.
News Channel 3 asked those at the service what they will miss most about Carnevale. Jo Anne Kennon, his former campaign manager says "his laugh and his smile and his way to turn anything around that was negative, to make it positive."
