OBIT: O. F. McKEE, 1916, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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McKee, O. F.

CONFLUENCE MAN ENDS HIS LIFE - Despondent because of ill health O. F. McKee, 48 
years old, of Confluence, hanged himself in the cellar of his home some time 
during Friday night. His body was discovered Saturday morning when the children 
missed him, hanging from a beam in the cellar, U, M. Phillippi, a neighbor, 
found the man, having been aroused when McKee's children became alarmed at his 
absence. Mrs. McKee had not been at home during the night and it is not known at 
what time McKee went to the cellar. He had been hanging for several hours was 
the verdict of the physician. McKee was well known in Confluence, having lived 
there for 15 years. He was a pop manufacturer. For the past two months his 
health had been failing him and it is thought that despondency over it was the 
cause of his action. He is survived by his widow and four children, three boys 
and one girl. They are Frank, 22 years, Carl 19 years, Finley, 5 years and 
Josephine, 20 years, all at home. Mrs. McKee was before her marriage Miss Allie 
Frederick.

Meyersdale Commercial, June 22, 1916