Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Mackey memorial service set for Saturday

According to the obituary posted today for Lance Mackey, the memorial service for the 4-time Iditarod and Yukon Quest champion will take place on September 17th at 2pm AKST in Palmer at the Janssen's MatSu Funeral Home.

For those unable to attend in person a Zoom meeting has been set up to broadcast a live feed of the memorial service. If you have issues and it asks for codes/passwords they are:

Meeting ID: 833 3200 7986
Passcode: 333879

Mackey passed way late at night on September 7, 2022 after a lengthy battle with cancer. The 52 year old musher left behind many family and friends including his two youngest children who lost their mother in 2020.

In lieu of flowers the family has set up an account for Atigun and Lozen's future.

Northrim Bank
Account: 3109153682
Routing: 125200934

You may also donate via the GoFundMe Lance's sister Kristin Elieff set up benefiting Atigun and Lozen. 

The family is also requesting stories and photos of Lance be sent to Aunt Kris to share with his young children. You can share them on her facebook post found here.


5 comments:

  1. Thank you Toni! Also this is the official GoFundMe link. https://gofund.me/c0c1fba8

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    1. Thank you Kristin! I hadn't seen a link to the GFM so I will get the word out. Continued prayers for your family during this time. (I'm also working on getting all of my photos of Lance over the years in a downloadable link for you, may not get to you in time for Saturday but for the kiddos to have at least.)

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  2. Do you know if the ceremony will be recorded for those who are unable to watch the live Zoom feed? Thank you.

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    1. I don't have confirmation that it will be. I want to assume that it will, but I'll see if I can find out.

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