OBIT: Barbara (EBAUGH) McKENZIE, 1943, Summit Township, Somerset County, PA

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BARBARA McKENZIE

  Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara (Ebaugh) McKenzie, wife of Sampson G. 
McKenzie, who died on Thursday morning, April 15, at her home on Olinger Street, 
as briefly announced in last week's Republican, were held Saturday morning at 10 
o'clock in SS. Philip and James' Catholic Church.  High mass was celebrated in 
her honor and for the repose of her soul by her pastor, Rev. Father H. T. 
Miller.
  At their mother's pre-mortem request her six sons - Thomas, Simon, John, Leo, 
Robert and Edward - acted as pallbearers.  Interment was made in SS. Philip and 
James' cemetery.  The obsequies were largely attended by mourning relatives and 
friends.  The funeral and burial arrangements were in charge of R. Reich & Son.
  Mrs. McKenzie was born in Summit Township, a daughter of Reinold and Victoria 
Ebaugh, Aug. 1, 1864, and was aged 88 years, 8 months and 14 days.  She spent 
her entire life in Meyersdale and vicinity.  After her marriage to Simon G. 
McKenzie they lived on a farm for some years, and in Meyersdale borough the last 
38 years.
  She is survived by her husband and nine children - six sons and three 
daughters - namely: Thomas, Simon and John McKenzie, Meyersdale; Mrs. Mary 
Shaffer, Mrs. Rose Gates, Meyersdale; Mrs. Catherine Gipe, Chicago; Leo G. 
McKenzie, Meyersdale; Robert A. McKenzie, Cumberland, Md.; Edward J. McKenzie, 
Somerset.  Thirteen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also are left.
  Mrs. McKenzie was a noble wife and mother, a devout Christian, a kind neighbor 
and a patriotic and public-spirited citizen.  She was a charter member of the 
Catholic Guild and of the American Legion Auxiliary, her eldest son, Tom, having 
served overseas in World War I.
  A memorial service was held at her home at 5 o'clock last Friday afternoon by 
Charles E. Kelly American Legion Post Auxiliary.

Meyersdale Republican, April 22, 1943