Community mourning death of 27-year veteran firefighter

Battalion Chief
Christopher Mack

The community is mourning the death of Plymouth Township Fire Department Battalion Chief Christopher Mack who died Jan. 31 of heart disease.

Chief Mack, 50, was a 27-year veteran of the Plymouth Township department and his death was mourned with a purple and black banner on fire trucks in the community last week. Chief Mack was remembered by his family and fellow firefighters as a giving person and a loving son. He had great auto body skills and was an automotive aficionado in his off-duty hours, his family said. 

Among Chief Mack's survivors are his wife, Monica; his mother, Pamela; his siblings Ronald (Nanci) Shelton and Patricia Wells; nieces and nephews Ronald James, Donny Wayne King, Michael J. Cross and Justine Cross.

He is also remembered and mourned by his fellow members of the fire service and his beloved dog, Belle. 

Chief Mack was predeceased by his father, William.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Vermeulen-Sajewski Funeral Home in Plymouth.