Carrie Lee MacDonald of Springfield, age 56, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on October 24, 2026. She was born May 3, 1970, a daughter of Paul and Joanne MacDonald. Carrie grew up in the Sixteen Acres area of Springfield, MA and was a graduate of Central High School in 1988. She worked for Honda Finance Boston Regional for 26 years. Carrie had a love for many things including penguins, her beloved pets, music, traveling, and baking. Some of Carrie's most memorable times were holding a koala bear and seeing penguins in Australia, traveling to Prince Edward Island, London, Scotland, and Ireland. She enjoyed knitting scarves, flower shows, the Big E, and spotting hummingbirds, butterflies, and cardinals in her yard which would remind her of her mom.

Carrie is pre-deceased by her parents and sister, Sarah. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 36 years, Jeff Kenyon, brothers Paul C. MacDonald, Jr and his partner Joanne Craig of Agawam MA, and James R. MacDonald and his wife Susan (Browning) of Belchertown, MA, son-in-law Ryan Kenyon and his wife Rachel, and her grandson Jeramiah of Longmeadow, her cherished friend of 50 years Christine Wisk of Springfield, MA, nephews Alex, Andrew, Ryan and Patrick and niece Kaylee, as well as her uncles James A. Daigle and his wife Margaret of Enfield, Ct., and Robert MacDonald and his wife Diane of R.I., her aunts Sylvia (Jean) Gurecki of Wilbraham, MA, and Judith Flebotte of FL, and many cousins and friends.

Visiting hours will be held on Monday, November 2, 2026, from 10:00AM-11:30AM at the Ratell Funeral Home at 200 Main Street, Indian Orchard. A funeral home service will begin at 11:30 and Rites of Committal will follow at Hillcrest Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please make any donations to Tunnel to Towers Foundation or the Wounded Warriors Project. Please visit ratellfuneralhome.com to leave remembrances and words of sympathy for Carrie's family.