Daphne Mackey

January 4, 1920 – June 18, 2011

      Daphne Joan Halpin Mackey died on June 18th in Federal Way, WA, where she had moved in January. Age 91, she was born in Surrey, England, and emigrated to Canada at the age of four. She grew up in Guelph, Ontario, where she met and married the Reverend George Thompson Mackey, who predeceased her.

      They moved to the United States in 1947. Reverend Mackey was the rector of Episcopal churches in Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana, and later in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a wife, mother, and accomplished amateur sculptor. Her bust of J. S. Bach was displayed by the Louisville Bach Society Choir at its concerts.

      In 1999, she and Reverend Mackey moved to Bainbridge Island. Although she had lost most of her vision and many inches of height, she had an abiding interest in people and an impressive memory, and she enjoyed socializing to the very end of her life.

      She is survived by her son Kevin Mackey and his wife Haydee Mackey of New Orleans, LA, by her daughter Daphne Mackey and husband George Thompson, and by her beloved granddaughter Caroline Thompson, all of Federal Way, WA.

      A memorial service will be held at the Madison Avenue Retirement Center (285 Madison Avenue S., Bainbridge Island) at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 6th. A funeral will be held in September at St. James Episcopal Church in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Helpline House, 282 Knechtel Way NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 ( helplinehouse.org ).

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