Former Battleford councillor Lee MacKay gave his best to community

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“He was a very good person,” said Yarde. “Anybody could talk to him. They could bring any problems, and he was always willing to listen.”

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Brian MacKay, Lee’s son, said his father was known for his service work in the community. Lee, he said, worked countless hours at the Fred Light Museum as a volunteer. His father further assisted with youth sport, he said, recalling Lee bringing in heaters for North Battleford Comprehensive High School football playoff games when Brian attended. Lee also volunteered as a minor hockey coach and even spent time as a volunteer firefighter in North Battleford.

Brian said he believes his father served on town council because he was interested in helping wherever he could.  

“I think he just wanted to serve the community,” Brian said, adding his father was a hard-working, quiet, and thoughtful man.

Lee grew up in St. Walburg and moved to North Battleford in 1955. In 1960 he married his wife Helen. They later moved to a house in Battleford in 1962 and had two children – son Brian and daughter Jodi. Lee worked many years for SaskTel installing lines and maintaining telephone equipment, before becoming a manager before retiring.

Brian said his father enjoyed listening to country music and especially appreciated artists like George Jones, Charley Pride and Merle Haggard. He described his father as a bit of a handyman who enjoyed helping fix things for others – be it something small like a step, to more ambitious projects like decks or roofs.

A service of celebration and Thanksgiving for the life of Lee will be held Friday, Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. at Battleford United Church. The service is open to the public.

The family requests any donations in Lee’s memory to be made to the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan.

angela.brown@jpbg.ca

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