SSG Jessica Mitchell. October 19, 1990 - January 1, 2021.
Obituary for SSG Jessica Mitchell
Staff Sergeant Jessica Ann Mitchell, 30, San Antonio, Texas, passed away Friday, January 1, 2021.
Jessica was born October 19, 1990, in Topeka, Kansas, to Deborah Mitchell and Mayo Mitchell, Jr. She was a member of ROTC while a student at Shawnee Heights High School and enlisted in the US Army shortly after graduating in 2009. On August 15, 2009, Jessica and Michael Prunty, Jr. were married.
During her military career Jessica was stationed in Louisiana, Alaska and Germany before her current assignment in San Antonio. Jessica was highly decorated. She sought out extra training opportunities. She was a great soldier who mentored others and whose work always came first.
Jessica was a good woman. She wore her heart on her sleeve and was always trying to help others. She was fun loving. Jessica’s childhood nicknames were “Dimples” and “Fat Jaw”. She loved to laugh. Jessica was a loving daughter, mother, sister, cousin, aunt and friend. Jessica was dearly loved and she will be greatly missed.
Grateful to have shared her life are her son, Jaylen Prunty; and his father, Michael Prunty, Jr.; her mother, Deborah Mitchell; father, Mayo Mitchell, Jr. (Sandra); siblings, Steven Mitchell and Ashley Mitchell; grandmother, Judith Roettgen; second mom, Angela Lee; and aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
Jessica was preceded in death by her brother, Justice Mitchell, and grandparents.
Staff Sergeant Mitchell’s body will lie in state Monday, January 18, from 1:30 until 4:30 p.m., at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka KS 66614. Masks and social distancing is absolutely required.
Due to the pandemic, funeral service will be private but will be live streamed on the funeral home Facebook page at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Go Fund Me account for Drill Sergeant Jessica A. Mitchell or to Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, to be used for her son, Jaylen’s education.
