Marcella Mack

Marcella Christine Mack, 66, of Benton, Missouri died Sunday, July 22, 2018 at her home after a long courageous battle with ovarian cancer surrounded by her family.  She was born July 24, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Herman and Rita Klipfel Jansen.

She was a Federal Judicial Assistant to the Honorable Judge Lewis Blanton for 22 years retiring in 2014. She was a member of St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton and the Ladies Sodality.

She is survived by her mother, Rita Jansen of Kelso; two sons, David “Joey” (Carrie) Mack and Andrew (Shannon) Mack of Benton; a daughter, Suzanna (Caleb Greenley) Mack of Cape Girardeau; seven grandchildren, Laurel, Ella, Nicholas, Alexander, Gabriel, Rosalin and Vivian; three brothers, Raymond (June) Jansen of Jefferson City, Missouri, Harold (Kathy) Jansen of Bucyrus, Kansas and B.J. (Doris) Jansen of Kelso; four sisters, Doris (Kevin Balsman) Dingerson of St. Charles, Missouri, Linda ( Tim) Johnston and Mary (Jeff) Hency of Scott City and Janice (Dave) Meinert of St. Charles; numerous nieces and nephews and father of her children, David Mack.

She was preceded in death by her father and a nephew, Christopher Johnston.

Visitation will be from 4:00 – 8:00 pm on Tuesday at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton.  Parish prayers will be at 7:00 pm.

Funeral mass will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday at the church with Revs. Balaswamy Govindu, Michael Casteel and Normand Varone as concelebrants.

Burial will be in St. Denis Catholic Cemetery in Benton.