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Richard MacKay Obituary

Richard G. MacKay, 67, of West Hartford, died April 9, 2018. Born in Hartford, the son of the late William and Florence MacKay, he was raised in Hartford and attended Noah Webster School. He graduated from Loomis Chaffee in Windsor and went on to graduate from Colby College and completed his graduate degree at Brown University. Richard taught at Watertown Public Schools and also worked for the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. He is survived by his brother William M. MacKay of Boston, MA. Richard loved cats. In lieu of flowers, please make donation to the Connecticut Humane Society, 701 Russell Rd, Newington, CT 06111. Online expressions may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com

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Published by Hartford Courant on Apr. 12, 2018.

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Bruce Chase

July 13, 2018

To the Mackay family
I am sorry to read that Richard has passed on.
We went to Noah Webster school and were neighbors
I remember he loved making fancy soap box derby cars with working lights
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