OBITUARY Mary A. Scammacca July 30, 1942 – October 25, 2018 Mary Ann Scammacca was received into the arms of our eternal Father on October 25, 2018, following a four-year battle with cancer. All services held at St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church, 9020 E. 51st Terr. , KCMO.
Visitation 6-8pm with Rosary recited at 5:30pm on Tues. , Oct. 30th and Funeral Mass 10am Wed.
, Oct. 31st. Inurnment at a later date.
Mary was born on July 30, 1942, in Duluth, Minnesota, to Francis Joseph and Dorothy Agnes (Young) Vercelline. Following graduation from high school, Mary moved to Minneapolis where she worked in early computer key punch technology for an insurance company. A few years later, Mary moved to Monrovia, California, where she continued this work and met the love of her life, John Joseph Scammacca, Jr. John and Mary married on May 8, 1965, in Monrovia, California and moved to Missouri in 1967 where they raised seven children.
John and Mary continued to be involved in computer software development and started Compu-Technical Research, Inc. in 1977. John and Mary were married for 44 years, until John’s death in 2009. Mary’s life was filled with family, friends and music.
In addition to caring for her husband and seven children, Mary was primary caregiver for her parents in their later years. Mary had a gift for music which she lovingly shared with those around her. She served as a music minister or liturgist for more than 40 years in churches in the Kansas City area – first at St. Regis beginning in 1973, Our Lady of the Presentation in 1977, and simultaneously at St. Sabina and St. Matthew.
After Mary’s children were grown, she returned to school to pursue a music degree, but she was again called to music ministry and left school in 2002, to work for St. Bernadette Catholic Church, retiring in 2014 after 12 years. Following her retirement, Mary moved to Omaha, Nebraska, to live near her daughter Victoria and her family. During the last days of her life, Mary received loving care from the staff at Josie Harper Hospice House.
Mary’s children will forever cherish the memories of their mother and appreciate the many sacrifices she made for her family. Mary is survived by three daughters, Laura and Tim Schmitt, of Sioux City, Iowa; Victoria and Chris Verdoni, of Papillion, Nebraska, Patricia and Bill Allyn, of Kearney, Missouri; four sons, John and Lori Scammacca, of Garden City, Missouri; Michael and Tisha Scammacca, of Raymore, Missouri; Charles Scammacca and Gabe Cohen, of Raytown, Missouri; and Mark Scammacca, of Raytown, Missouri; eleven grandchildren, Truman and Turner Schmitt; Nick, Alex, Sam and Anna Kate Verdoni; Isabella Allyn; Lexi and Ava Scammacca; and Hayden and Cole Scammacca; and one sister, ICM Kathryn Vercelline, of Rome, Italy. Mary is preceded in death by her husband, John, her parents, Dorothy and Francis Vercelline, and her brother, James Vercelline.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bernadette’s, the Bishop Sullivan Center, 6435 E. Truman Rd. , Kansas City, MO 64126 or Josie Harper Hospice House, 7415 Cedar St., Omaha, NE 68124. Online condolences to www.
mcgilleysheil.com.
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