OBIT: George McKENZIE, 1932, Greenville Township, Somerset County, PA

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GEORGE McKENZIE

George McKenzie Fatally Injured

Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. Arthur Butler Painfully Hurt When Car Was Wrecked

Disaster Due to Being Crowded Off Highway

Sad Sequel to Pleasure Trip to Ohio to Visit Relatives - Arthur Butler, Owner 
and Driver of Car, Escaped Unhurt - Unknown Miscreant Who Caused Wreck Did Not 
Stop to Render Help to the Victims.
 
  George McKenzie, a well known farmer of Greenville Township, was fatally 
injured and his wife and their daughter, Mrs. Arthur Butler, of Salisbury, were 
painfully hurt in an automobile accident near Zanesville, Ohio, Monday 
afternoon.
  The latter part of last week, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Butler, accompanied by Mrs. 
Butler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McKenzie, went to Zanesville, Ohio, to 
visit Mr. and Mrs. Delbert McKenzie, brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. Butler, 
with whom they had a pleasant visit over Sunday.  Mr. and Mrs. Butler were on 
their way home, Monday afternoon, in their five-passenger Pontiac car, 
accompanied by Mrs. Butler's parents, when their car was badly wrecked a short 
distance east of Zanesville, shortly after 1 o'clock p.m.  The wreck was caused 
by the driver of another car coming toward the Butler car from the opposite 
direction.  The approaching car was coming at a high rate of speed, and the 
driver of it showed a disposition to crowd the Butler car off the road.
  To avoid being hit by the approaching car, Mr. Butler steered his car off the 
road and in doing so ran it against the end of a culvert, causing it to turn 
upside down, completely wrecking the top and doors, and turning over again, it 
came to rest on its wheels.
  Mr. Butler escaped injury, but his wife and her parents were painfully 
injured, and as soon as possible were taken to a Zanesville hospital, where Mr. 
McKenzie died at about 10 o'clock Monday night.
  Although Mrs. McKenzie and Mrs. Butler were painfully injured, Mrs. Butler was 
able to return to her home at Salisbury the next day, but still suffering from 
the bruises and abrasions on her arms and body.  When she left the hospital, she 
was told that her mother would be able to return home in a few days.
  Mr. Butler was able to drive his wrecked car to his home in Salisbury, the 
same day the accident occurred.  Skilled mechanics at the Elk Lick Motor 
Company's garage, say it is in such condition that it would not pay to undertake 
to put it in good repair.
  The "road hog" responsible for the accident did not stop to offer any 
assistance, but kept on traveling at a high rate of speed, and Mr. Butler could 
not identify him if he was confronted by him, nor does he know the number of his 
license plates.
  Butler carried insurance that will take care of all expense caused by the 
accident, except the damage to his car.
  Upon Mrs. Butler's return, Tuesday evening, arrangements were made with 
Funeral Director W. C. Price, of Meyersdale, to go to Zanesville after the body 
of her father, who was a resident of Greenville Township, and one of those home-
loving men who seldom sought pleasure elsewhere.
  When Mrs. Butler returned home, she was accompanied by her brother and sister-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert McKenzie, both of whom were also former residents 
of Greenville Township.  Mrs. McKenzie being a daughter of the late Matthew and 
Mary (Hetrick) Jones.
  The funeral of Mr. McKenzie is to take place, Friday.  He was 66 years old and 
is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis McKenzie, aged, respectively, 
88 and 87 years; by his wife, aged 59; also by five brothers, Charles, of 
Frostburg, Md., Joshua and Louis, of Sand Patch, and Thomas and Joseph, of 
Finzel, Md.; one sister, Mrs. Charles Bolden, of Meyersdale, and these children: 
Delbert McKenzie of Zanesville, Ohio; Mrs. Arthur Butler and Mrs. Margaret Hay 
of Salisbury, and Dallam and Silas McKenzie, at home.

Meyersdale Republican, September 8, 1932