Joan J. Mack entered her Eternal home on May 28, 2022 at the age of 84.  She was born on August 13 ^th , 1937, in Ashton the daughter of Ambrose and Julia (Maly) Meinholz.  She was a graduate of Middleton High School in 1955. After graduation, she was employed at Ace Hardware, Bank of Middleton, and Middleton High School.  She married Roland J. Mack on June 9 ^th , 1959, at St. Peters Catholic Church in Ashton.

While raising their children and tending to the "Flying Farmer" farm chores and field work, Joan found time to pursue her other talents and interests.   She sewed and altered many beautiful garments for various clients, friends, and family.  She loved baking and decorating beautiful wedding, anniversary, graduation, and birthday cakes over the years.  And she also found a passion to help and care for others, by working for several families including the late Rudolph and Marion Kraemer families until her retirement in 2015.  She always cared for these families and homes as an extension of her own.

Survivors include her husband Roland and their children, Juanita (Bill) Wagner, Ross, and Julianne (Chad) Brickl; 13 grandchildren, Andria (Jake) Phillips, Tara (Michael) Luckey, Dawson (Breanna Russell) and Marissa Loether, Hannah (Kyle) Gostomski and Andrew Mack, Allison and Isabella Mack, Phillip, Cora, Myah, Meg, and Jack Brickl; great granddaughter, Addison Phillips; sisters, Maggie Ballweg, Doris Grady, Diane (David) Hoffman, Maryellen (Roger) Frey; brother, Marcel (Janice) Meinholz; brother-in-law, John Trapp; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.  She was preceded in death by her sons Joseph (Infant) and Randal; parents; sister, Alice Trapp; and brothers-in-law Victor Ballweg and David Grady.

Joan was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2014 and Breast Cancer in the fall of 2020.  Through all of this, she showed strength, perseverance, kindness, and thoughtfulness of others, never wanting to be a burden.  Joan's family would like to thank all those that provided her care during the final years, Teri and the Right at Home staff, Dr. Maribeth Baker, Dr. Huen, Dr. Dean, the staff at Sauk Prairie Healthcare and Father James Kotch for his many visits.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Norbert's Catholic Church, Roxbury on Wednesday June 1, 2022, at 11am, with Father James Kotch presiding.   A visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Hooverson Funeral Home, 251 Water St., Sauk City from 4pm until 7pm and the morning of the service from 10:00am until 10:45am at the funeral home.  Interment will be held in the St. Norbert's Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to Sauk Prairie Healthcare Foundation in Joan's name.

Mom/Grandma-your commitment, compassion and selflessness will never be forgotten.  You gave of yourself to make amazing memories and to be our teacher of faith and more.  We will never forget the hours you spent helping us with 4-H projects, the summer traditions of picking strawberries, making freezer corn, canning tomato soup and salsa, homemade waffles with strawberry topping, the Christmas Yule Log and pistachio dessert, and the care for your grandkids and their imaginations with "The Palace" and on outside on the farm.  You created and entrusted to us an amazing family that you will continue to live through.

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