Roy Mackie

Roy Howard Mackie, 59, died Oct. 8, 2011, at St. Elias Specialty Hospital in Anchorage.

A memorial service is at 1:30 p.m., Oct. 29 at St. John Lutheran Church in Palmer with Pastor Jonathon Rockey officiating. An additional service at 1 p.m., Nov. 6, in Biwabik, Minn., at Lakeside Cemetery where Roy can also be with his beloved family.

Roy was born March 25, 1952, in Eveleth, Minn. He graduated from Eveleth High School in 1970. An avid hockey player, Roy’s love for hockey continued throughout his life playing for several hockey teams in Alaska: the Texaco Chiefs, Anchorage Wolverines and the Vets League to name a few. If he wasn’t playing hockey he was reading about it and never missed a game of his favorite team, the Montreal Canadians.

Roy came to Alaska in 1978 to work on the pipeline and lived in Anchorage until he moved to Skwentna in 1985 to pursue his dream of hunting, fishing and trapping. He worked as a fishing guide, taking out celebrities and professional hockey and football players. But Roy’s ultimate favorite pastime was being out at his cabin enjoying his friends and family. He so loved taking care of his adorable granddaughter, Millie, while her mom and dad fished right off the front of the cabin.

Roy is survived by his greatest love, his son, Luc (Nycole) Mackie and his beloved granddaughter Millie Ann Marie, all of Palmer; brother, David (Carol) Mackie and family of Gilbert, Minn.; sister, Judy (Barry) Irish, nephew, Eric and niece Amanda and their families of Iron, Minn.; nephew Troy Jagunich of Scottsdale, Ariz., niece Tami (Adam) Goldring and family of Chandler, Ariz, uncle Beste of Virginia, Minn.; along with many cousins, friends and loved ones.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Roy T. and Izzy (Tregenza) Mackie; sister, Mary Jane (Tudy) Jagunich; and grandparents, Jim and Pearl Tregenza, Chester and Doris Boyanowski, and General Mackie.

Arrangements have been made with Legacy Kehl’s Palmer Chapel.