OBIT: Charles McKENZIE, 1932, native of Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ CHARLES McKENZIE Former Garrett Resident Dead Charles McKenzie, Youngstown Businessman, Victim of Heart Failure Charles McKenzie, son of the late Samuel J. McKenzie, for many years a well known citizen and Justice of the Peace in Garrett, died suddenly Sunday morning of last week at his home, 1311 Oak Hill Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio. The deceased was born in Garrett 35 years ago, but had lived in Youngstown during the past 20 years, where he and his brother, Samuel McKenzie, had built up one of the most successful and prosperous garage business enterprises in that city. After closing his shop Saturday evening, Mr. McKenzie had visited his brother, Samuel McKenzie, and then returned home and went to take a bath before retiring. When his aged mother, Mrs. Samuel McKenzie, did not hear him going to bed, she investigated and found him lying on the bathroom floor, dead. Heart failure is believed to have caused his death. Mr. McKenzie is survived by his mother, Mrs. Clara McKenzie, who is a daughter of the late A. J. Stoner, and a native of Greenville Township; one sister, Mrs. Thomas O'Leary, and three brothers, Samuel, Joseph and Bruce McKenzie, all of Youngstown. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellis, Front Street, Meyersdale, attended the funeral services which were held on Wednesday following his death, in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Youngstown, of which he was a faithful member. Mr. Ellis' first wife was a sister of the deceased. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery. The following tribute to the life and activities of this estimable young man by citizens of Youngstown, is herewith reproduced: "Charley McKenzie's gone on, and many little hearts on the South Side are sad. When Charley passed through that mysterious door, he left hundreds of Young Americans behind who will remember him as their Angel on earth. Clothes, toys, school books, lollypops, motorboat rides, hikes, picnics at his cottage at Milton - all these were his gifts to hundreds of lads of the South Side. He adored boys and made his earthly stay a haven of happiness by lavishing his worldly store and leisure time upon youth. I'll bet as Charley disembarks over there a band will meet him and it will be made up of the boys band of heaven." Meyersdale Republican, August 11, 1932