Mackay (Speetzen), Kathleen M. Age 65, of Mpls., passed away on December 4, 2016. Long time Patient Education Librarian at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Preceded in death by her parents, James C. and Margaret J. (Fairchild) Mackay. Survived by husband, Dennis Speetzen; one brother, Michael (Susan) Mackay, and one sister, Mary Ellen (Hugh) Fagan; a niece, Elizabeth Mackay, a nephew James Fagan; and longtime devoted friend Patricia Wamser. Memorial visitation at the Cremation Society of Minnesota, 4343 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis, Sunday, December 11, 2016 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Private memorial service at a later date. Interment at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Memorials preferred to Doctors without Borders, American Red Cross, or give one of her beloved goats at Heifer International. Cremation Society of Minnesota 612-825-2435