Phyllis MacKenzie

Phyllis Pearl MacKenzie

Born April 4th 1937 in Rock Island, IL; died March 12th 2015 at her home in Bellevue, WA.

Survived by John her loving husband of 56 years; children, Thomas J. MacKenzie (Jennifer), Teresa A. MacKenzie and Pete D. MacKenzie (Tracy); grandchildren, Tommy, Chris, Joshua, Morgan, Alex and Nicholas; cousin, Sandra Freeman Gladstone (Marvin); and sister, Reeva Clark.

From age six, Phyllis was raised by her Aunt, Rose Carp, and her husband Charlie. She was raised along with the Carp's daughter Sandra who will be attending Phyllis' funeral.

Shortly after their marriage in 1958, Phyllis and John moved to the Fort Ord Army base located near Monterey CA. After John returned from a 13 month tour in Korea, they moved to Fort Leavenworth, KS where John was honorably discharged. Subsequently they followed John's business career moves to Spokane WA, Davenport, IA and finally to Seattle, WA. They lived on Mercer Island for nearly 40 years.

Phyllis was a Life Master bridge player, earned in national and regional bridge tournaments. In recent years, she often played in online duplicate bridge tournaments at the regional and sometimes national level.

Phyllis will be remembered as a devoted and caring homemaker for her husband and three children. She was a volunteer for eight years at Seattle Providence Hospital.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated
Thursday, March 19th at 11 AM at
St. Monica Catholic Church
4301 88th Ave SE, Mercer Island, 98040

Hoffner Fisher & Harvey

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