![portrait, Alfred, Framingham, Massachusetts, November 1968 [by C. Hopkins]](https://neoscenes.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1000/20150711-1968-27-21p.jpg "portrait, Alfred, Framingham, Massachusetts, November 1968 [by C. Hopkins]")
Well, Al makes it to the century mark, and decides it’s time to go. Hard to believe he was born in the opening months of WWI. One of a stubborn and somewhat obstinate crew, he is the last of the Scottish-Canadian side of the family, clan MacKenzie. Guess I’ll have to carry on the attitude.
Alfred Kedy MacKenzie, 100, of Prescott passed away 10 July 2015. Al was born 27 May 1915 in Melville, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Al attended Mechanic Arts High School in Boston, MA, 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 1939-1943; as a company chemist at Bemis Associates of Watertown, MA, from 1943-1945; as a chemical engineer with Dr. Gustavus J. Esselen of Boston, from 1945-1956; and as a chemical engineer with Dennison Manufacturing of Framingham, MA, from 1956-1983. He was issued several US Patents, among them: #3359945; #27260; #3682542; and #3733127.
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 1927-1983, 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. He 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 held in Building H-1 at The Heights Church, 2121 Larry Caldwell Drive in Prescott, at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, 08 August 2015. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to New Tribes Mission, PO Box 8010, Sanford, FL 32772-8010 for the specified ministry of Jonathan and Susan Kopf.