{"id":75147,"date":"2025-07-07T06:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=75147"},"modified":"2025-07-06T17:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T21:19:44","slug":"mackay-r-neil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/mackay-r-neil\/","title":{"rendered":"MACKAY, R. Neil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"moz-text-html\" lang=\"x-unicode\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">December 2, 1942 \u2013 June 30, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-06-at-17.17.42.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-75148\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-06-at-17.17.42-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-06-at-17.17.42-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-06-at-17.17.42-600x516.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-06-at-17.17.42.png 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>R. Neil Mackay at the age of 82, passed away suddenly on Monday June 30, 2025, in Missinabie, Ontario, surrounded by the wilderness he loved so deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Born on December 2, 1942, Neil was a proud graduate of the University of Waterloo and spent his professional life as an Electrical Engineer in System Planning for Ontario Hydro. His career was marked by innovation and dedication, including the creation of a comprehensive overview for a small hydro development utilizing Newpost Creek in May of 1990\u2014a project that sparked a lifelong connection with the area and the indigenous community. Having grown up on a farm and owning and operating his own farm Neil had a deep appreciation for nature. A longtime member of the Mount Forest Pipe Band, Neil\u2019s love of music and tradition brought him much happiness over the years. From earlier experiences in Northern Ontario, he eventually relocated to an area he found joy and peace, Missinabie. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Neil is survived by his wife, Mary Katerina (Knez), and their children; Robert (Sherry) and Cameron. He was a cherished grandfather to Amanda, Damon, Jared, Nicholas, and Craig. He is also survived by his siblings Richard, Malcolm (Debbie), and Joan (Love). Neil will be fondly remembered. His presence and wisdom will be missed dearly by all who knew him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">At his request, cremation has taken place at River\u2019s Edge Cremation Centre, Sault Ste. Marie. There will be no funeral services at this time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Arrangements entrusted to Kerry Funeral Home, Wawa.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2, 1942 \u2013 June 30, 2025 R. Neil Mackay at the age of 82, passed away suddenly on Monday June 30, 2025, in Missinabie, Ontario, surrounded by the wilderness he loved so deeply. \u00a0 Born on December 2, 1942, Neil was a proud graduate of the University of Waterloo and spent his professional life &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 23:38:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75151,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75147\/revisions\/75151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}