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Wallace Harding Mackenzie
Wallace Harding Mackenzie, 80,died Saturday, March 23, 2002
at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA.
Mr. MacKenzie was living in Springfield and was previously a long time
resident of Malden. Wallace was a truck driver for the former J. J. Daly and
Murray's Stationery Co. in Malden for 22 years.
Mr. MacKenzie was a member of the Maplewood Baptist Church in Malden for
many years. At the age of twenty he joined the U.S. Navy serving over seas, were
he was in the Typhoon of Okinawa and was involved
with the transporting of prisoners to Guam. He was discharged on March 3,
1962 after serving 20 years with the Navy and obtaining the rank of SM2 (E-5). He was a
Past Commander of the American Legion in Malden and was State Commander, Member
of 41 Voiture of the American Legion. Wallace was also a member of Malden VFW
Post #639. He is survived by his daughters, Allyn Jane Morin of
Easthampton, MA and Deborah Lee Ortega of CA. He was also survived by 6
grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren He was preceded in death by his wife Betty P. (Blackmore)
MacKenzie, his father Archibald MacKenzie, and his mother Ruth (Moore)
MacKenzie, his brother, Arthur E. MacKenzie. He was born July 17, 1921 in Medford, MA the son of the
late Archibald and Ruth (Moore) MacKenzie. Visitation will be held at Weir MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem St., Malden, on Tuesday from 2-4 PM. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 10:00 A.M. at the Weir MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home. The Rev. Martha A. Dominy will be officiating. There well be a private burial in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam, MA
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