Stack, Mark Kevin, 58, of Milwaukee, met his dad at the gates of heaven with a fishing pole and hunting rifle on Wednesday , September 20, 2017, after a short battle with stage four pancreatic and liver cancer.
Mark was born on Oct. 17, 1958, in Cudahy, Wisconsin, to Richard and Barbara Stack.
Mark is preceded in death by his brothers, Bradley and Brian Stack, as well as his father, Richard Stack. He is survived by his wife, Debi Stack; children, Chelsea (Aaron) Kolterjahn of the Texas Hill Country and Joshua (Amy) Stack; granddaughter, Mya Stack; mother, Barbara Stack; sister, Debbie (Scott) Koeske; niece, Kristin (Rob) Miller; and numerous other family and friends. A special thank you to Gary and Nicole Brockman for all their love and support during his final days.
Visitation for Mark will be Sunday September 24th from 2:00 to 6:00 pm and Monday from 9:00 am until time of services at 10:00 am at ST. JOHN’S EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH, 10302 South 27th Street in Oak Creek, Reverend Dale Reckzin officiating. Procession to Woodlawn Cemetery for committal prayers and interment to follow
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the family or St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
He married Debra (nee Grahn) on May 7, 1983, at his childhood church, St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Cudahy. The couple enjoyed working on home improvement projects and yard work together, and they were blessed with two children: a daughter, Chelsea, and a son, Joshua.
Mark was a hardworker and a jack of all trades, working in real estate, home assessing and appraisals, as well as managing properties. Before this, he worked at Crane Manufacturing where he met some of his lifelong friends and also worked at Zenar and as a mailman just like his dad and grandfather. He was even a hard worker as a child, doing a newspaper route and working at Worm Alive and Porky’s.
Although Mark traveled nearly 75 percent of the time for work in the beginning, he would bring back thimbles and spoons from every state he went to, which inspired his daughter to see every state in the United States. He also made sure he spent his limited time at home having fun with his family, such as going sledding, building snowmen, going hunting with his son and fishing Up North, as well as taking family vacations.
His family will miss his contagious laugh, sense of humor, work ethic, detailed stories, grasshoppers and old fashions at Christmas, weekly trips to Papa’s bakery, dinners at Denny’s where he always had a coupon, watching Packer games and going to church with him, as well as all the memories they made as a family.
