MACKENZIE, Alfred Kedy (Al) *

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona, Friday, July 17, 2015 Alfred Kedy MacKenzie, 100, of Prescott, passed away on July 10, 2015. Al was born on May 27, 1915 in Melville, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Al attended Mechanic Arts High School in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 1939 with a degree in chemical engineering. Subsequently, Al was employed as a lab assistant with Weymouth Heights Art & Leather near Boston from 1939 to 1943; as a company chemist at Bemis Associates of Watertown, Massachusetts, from 1943 to 1945; as a chemical engineer with Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen of Boston, from 1945 to 1956; and as a chemical engineer with Dennison Manufacturing of Framingham, Massachusetts, from 1956 to 1983. Al married the former Edith Bates of Boston in 1944. Upon his retirement in 1983, Al and Edith moved to Prescott. Al was a member of Park Street Church in Boston from 1927 to 1983, where he was active in Christian Endeavor and the Fellowship. Since 1983, he had been a member of Prescott Heights Baptist Church/The Heights Church of Prescott. Al was active in the missions programs of both congregations. He also won several prizes as an avid amateur photographer, spending his free time and post-retirement life camping and hiking with Edith in the mountains of New England and the West, with his favorite spots being Mount Katahdin and Acadia National Park, both in Maine. Al was preceded in death by Edith in February 2002, and is survived by his sister-in-law; and 15 nephews and nieces. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, in Building H-1 at The Heights Church, 2121 Larry Caldwell Drive in Prescott. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to New Tribes Mission, P.O. Box 8010, Sanford, FL 32772-8010 for the specified ministry of Jonathan and Susan Kopf. Please visit www.heritagemortuary.com to sign Alfred's online guestbook. Services entrusted to Heritage Memory Mortuary. Information provided by survivors.