Vincent Mack Sumner
04 October 1937 – 09 September 2024

Vincent Mack Sumner age 86 of Nauvoo, IL passed away on September.9, 2024.
Mack was born on 04 October 1937 In Price, Utah to Vincent Melville Sumner
and Fairel Clea Neilson. He married Jacqueline Evans of Bountiful, Utah on 09
June 1961 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Mack graduated from Carbon High School, where he was active in basketball,
skiing and speech. After high school he attended Carbon College and worked
summers at Sun Valley, ski resort (Idaho) before serving in the West Central
States LDS Mission (Montana/Wyoming). After his mission he served in the Utah
National Guard and in 1963 he was awarded a BS degree from Brigham Young
University. In 1969 he obtained a Masters Degree and in 1974 was awarded a
Doctor of Education both from BYU. Mack was employed for 37 years by the
LDS Church Education System and held a variety of positions in the Seminaries
and Institutes Dept. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints serving in many church callings – former counselor in a stake
presidency, stake executive secretary, high councilor, bishop, bishop’s
counselor, stake mission president and stake missionary, elder’s quorum
president, ward clerk, ward young men president, a teacher in various classes.
CES coordinator, assistant recorder at the Nauvoo Temple, an ordinance worker
at Chicago, St. Louis and Nauvoo temples, and was a Sealer at the Nauvoo
temple. He was active in the Nauvoo Betterment Association and Nauvoo
Seniors Organization.
He and his wife served in the California San Fernando Mission in 2007-2009.
He is survived by his wife Jackie and three daughters: Kristy Seither (Steve) of
Placerville, California; Kathy Sumner of Tustin, California; Kerrie Murphy (Tom)
of Edmonds, Washington: and one son Raymond Vincent Sumner (Kate)
Timnath, Colorado. He has 2 grand-daughters- Jessyca Murphy, Woods (Tim),
Rachel Amador,1 grandson-Vincent Robert Sumner, 3 adopted grandchildren-
Vannesa, Robert, and Jakob, and five great grandsons. He was preceded in
death by his parents and a brother Raymond Sumner.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 PM, Tuesday, September 17 th , 2024, at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Nauvoo with burial to follow in the
Nauvoo City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:30 – 11:30 AM Tuesday
morning at the church. In lieu of flowers a donation can be made to the
children’s section of the Nauvoo Public Library or the Nauvoo Orchestra.