North Smithfield, RI - Rodney Allen MacKenzie, 67, passed away suddenly on May 28, 2022. Rodney was born to Frank and Jessie (Crowley) MacKenzie. He grew up in Pawtucket, RI, and was a graduate of Tolman High School. Rodney continued his education at Boston University and earned his MBA at Boston College. Rodney had a career in sales and for a time, a software engineer. He had a gift for building relationships with his clients and earned multiple sales awards at companies including Diebold, NCR, and Executone. He became close to many of his colleagues from the different companies he worked for in his career, resulting in many lifelong friendships. Later in his career, Rodney also partnered in the launch of multiple successful small software businesses. Rodney had three children whom he frequently said were his greatest achievement: Scott (Stephanie) MacKenzie , Trevor (Heather) MacKenzie, and Matthew (LeAnne) MacKenzie . He took great pride in their successes and was an exemplary father in all aspects of...