Service Details
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, 714 49th Street. Interment will follow in St. James Cemetery. A visitation will take place at the church on Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. until the time of the Mass.
Stacey D. K. Mia, 66, of Kenosha, passed away on February 21, 2025.
Born on February 20, 1959, in Hawaii, he was the son of the late James and Priscilla Mia.
Stacey was educated in Hawaii. His proudest achievement was marching in the State Honors High School Band as percussionist in the New York City Macey’s Thanksgiving Parade. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Hawaii and briefly attended the Seminary for Divine Will in Florida.
His career took him to Japan, where he taught at the Boston School of English in Tokyo, serving two years as headmaster. He also taught at Necedah Shrine School and later worked in Kenosha as a Wisconsin-licensed detective with Schmitt Investigations & Security, specializing in creative active shooter training at Uline.
His Catholic faith was central to his life. He was a devoted member of St. Elizabeth and St. James Catholic Churches. He served as an Altar Server from boyhood through adulthood, was a Knight of Columbus with Council #973 Kenosha, and a former CCD teacher at St. Therese Parish.
Stacey was passionate about accurate researched education and provided inspiring hidden truths to promote reasons to love and respect the principles of the founding of this Country for the Youth for Truth America, Ltd. program. He also served as second Vice President of the 31st World Congress of Poets in Kenosha, earning the President’s Medal from the World Academy of Arts and Culture. Additionally, he volunteered with the PTSD Unit at Great Lakes sharing his vulnerabilities and spotlighting the beauties of life and this country while singing his original songs.
Stacey had a love and talent for composing and singing music beginning at age 3. He had a deep compassion for the homeless, evidenced first at age 5, and a profound love for all animals extending even into the insect world. All ages of every life were valued by him. He lived the meaning through the song he often sang with his ukulele – even spontaneously – even in restaurants for strangers celebrating events: “What a Wonderful World”.
Jane Van Hoof says
Stacey taught several of our children and they loved him. He was such a good role model for the youth. He also orchestrated a musical program involving song and dance numbers for our school. He will remain in our memories and prayers. May he rest in peace in the arms of God.