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John Mackie Obituary
Mackie, John R. Born to John J. and Jean (nee Niemotka) Szajko, in the Bucktown Parish of St. Hedwigs, Chicago, March 29, 1937, attended St. Hedwigs graduated Lane Tech H.S., served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. before entering IIT to earn a degree in Civil Eng., going on to earn his MBA at Northwestern Univ., Registered Land Surveyor, professional engineer, life member and past president Illinois Section American Society of Civil Engineers, founded Mackie Consultants Inc., which he left in 1992 to do volunteer work over seas, mainly in India, Austria, and South America, lost his long battle with cancer and passed away at a hospice in Bethany, PA, on October 28, where he was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Pocono Mountains. Preceded in death by his parents, brother Theodore "Ted", and sister Catherine, he is survived by former wife Rena (nee Domko) Mackie, daughter Laura Mackie and grandson Benjamin of NC, son John F. Mackie of CO, brother Robert Szajko of Woodridge, IL, sister-in-law Jan Szajko and nephew Roscoe of WI, and niece CarrieAnn (Schaffer) Warner of CO. Memorial mass will be held at St. Hedwigs, 2226 North Hoyne, Chicago at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 8th with friends and family invited to gather after mass.To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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carrie ann warner
November 3, 2003
...He was my uncle..and more..
I can't even yet connect with the way i feel..i just know that i miss him..
I hope you can give my mom a hug for me..and tell her how much my son Schylure looks like her..But tell Ted that his eyes have more of that mischievous Szajko look..at least thats how i remember.
I saw John with my Uncle Bob..my husband also..in early sept..he was a calm center with the 3 of us around him trying to hold our sorrow..i'm sure his last days were similar..he kept saying that he was at peace..and that was to be believed.
Sue Myrman
November 2, 2003
Jan and Roscoe will miss you. We were Happy to have had you in the family, even though we didn't see you very often. We hope you are at peace and you see Ted there waiting for you. Give our love to him and take some for yourself.Todd,Sue, ,Jan, Roscoe, and Aeslyn your grandneice, and Ted's grandaughter.
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