Steven Michael Keister

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FROSTBURG - Steven Michael Keister, 24, of RD 2, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 1991 following an automobile accident five miles east of Grantsville on Alternate Route 40. Born Aug. 13,1967, he was the son of Rae E. and Ora M. (McKenzie) Keister. Mr. Keister was employed by McKenzie Brothers Logging, Frostburg, and was a recognized member of the Maryland Forestry Association. He was a graduate of Northern High School, Accident, and was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Ronald Keister Sr., John Keister, and Charles Keister, all of Frostburg; his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth (Hamilton) Keister, Frostburg Village; his maternal grandfather, Thomas McKenzie, a patient at Lions Manor, Cumberland; one niece; and three nephews. Friends will be received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville. A Christian wake service will be held there Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church by Monsignor John L. Reinsfelder. Interment will be in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Avilton. Cumberland Times-News, Tuesday, October 15, 1991

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Rae Ellsworth Keister, 80, of Frostburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Allegany Healthcare and Rehab Center, Cumberland. Born April 3, 1940, in Midlothian, he was the son of the late Harry and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Keister. He was also preceded in death by one son, Steven Keister; brothers, Harry and Robert Keister; sisters, Mary Morgan, Doris Morgan and Janice Vought. Mr. Keister was a mechanic and of the Catholic faith. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Grantsville Post 214, American Legion and Midland Sportsmen's Club. He is survived by his wife, Ora Mae (McKenzie) Keister; three sons, Ronald (Gail) Keister Jr., Frostburg, John (companion, Wendy Sipple) Keister, Meyersdale, Pa., Charles Keister, Frostburg; two brothers, James (Gloria) Keister and Neil (Nancy) Keister, all of Carlos; one sister, Elaine (Bob) Resh, Warren, Ohio; five grandchildren, Thomas and wife, Heidi, Michael and wife, Jamie, Ronald Jr. and wife, Danielle, Emily and companion, Anthony Testa; Nicole and fiancé, Richard Whetzel; seven great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St., Grantsville, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, from 6 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted in the funeral home Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Ed Hendricks officiating. Interment will be in Saint Ann Cemetery. Published on September 30, 2020, Cumberland Times-News

Rae married Ora Mae McKenzie in Private. Ora (daughter of Thomas Patrick McKenzie and Nellie Leona Garlitz) was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry + Elizabeth Hamilton. Elizabeth died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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McKenzie Funeral – Frostburg – A Mass of Christian Burial for Thomas Patrick McKenzie, 86, of RD 2, Frostburg, will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 a.m. in St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Frostburg. Interment will be in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Avilton. Cumberland Evening Times, November 19, 1991

Thomas PATRICK3 MCKENZIE (MARY OLIVE2, JOHN L.1) was born January 25, 1906 (Source: Social Security Death Index.), and died November 17, 1991 (Source: Social Security Death Index.). He married NELLIE LEONA GARLITZ. She was born September 28, 1909 (Source: Social Security Death Index.), and died August 10, 1988 (Source: Social Security Death Index.).

More About Thomas PATRICK MCKENZIE:

Christened on 25 Jan 1906. Sponsors: Rev. S. Cuddy and Margaret McGirl. Page (?) Records of St. Michael's Catholic Church. St. Michael's was established in 1852. MSA M 3743 (1852-1910).

Burial: Saint Ann's Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland of America

Census: 1910, Line #2, Sheet #2A, Enumeration District #95, Garrett County, Maryland of America (Source: 1910 United States Federal Census.)

Social Security Number: 214-16-2593

FROSTBURG - Thomas Patrick McKenzie, 86, of RD 2, Frostburg, died Sunday, Nov. 17, 1991, at Lions Manor Nursing Home, Cumberland, where he had been a patient since August 1990. Born Jan. 27, 1905, in Garrett County, he was the son of the late Lewis and Mary (McKenzie) McKenzie. Preceding him in death was his wife, Nellie (Garlitz) McKenzie, on August 10, 1988. Mr. McKenzie was the last survivor of his immediate family. He was a retired farmer and logger and a member of Saint Michael’s Catholic Church, Frostburg. Surviving him are seven sons, Ralph McKenzie; David McKenzie; Regis McKenzie; Roger McKenzie; Olin McKenzie, all of Frostburg; Joseph McKenzie, Zihlman; Lafe McKenzie, Salisbury, Pa.; four daughters, Thelma Iser, Rawlings; Martha Fadley, Frostburg; Helen Resh, Grantsville; Ora Keister, Frostburg; 33 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Newman Funeral Home in Grantsville on Monday with a Christian Wake Service at 3:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Saint Michael’s Church. Interment will be at Saint Ann’s Cemetery in Avilton. Published in the Cumberland Times-News, Monday, November 18, 1991

Thomas married Nellie Leona Garlitz on 26 May 1927 in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Frostburg, Maryland. Nellie (daughter of John Alvin Garlitz and Ella Gertrude Hemmings) was born on 25 Sep 1909 in Garrett County, Maryland; died on 10 Aug 1988 in Frostburg, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Nellie McKenzie – Frostburg, Maryland -- Mrs. Nellie Leona McKenzie, 78, of Frostburg, died Wednesday. Aug. 10, 1988 at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Maryland. Born September 25, 1909 in Garrett County, she was the daughter of the late John Garlitz and Ella (Hemmings) Garlitz. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Frostburg. Surviving are her husband, Thomas P. McKenzie, seven sons, Ralph McKenzie, David McKenzie, Regis McKenzie, Roger McKenzie and Olin McKenzie, all of RD 2 Frostburg, Maryland, Joseph McKenzie, Zihlman, and Lafe McKenzie, Salisbury, pa., four daughters, Mrs. Thelma Iser, Rawlings, Maryland, Mrs. Martha Fadeley, Star Route, Frostburg, Maryland, Mrs. Helen Resh, Grantsville, Maryland and Mrs. Ora Keister, Rt. 2 Frostburg, one brother, Edward Garlitz, Oakland, Md., two sisters, Mrs. Ora Wiland, Avilton, Md. And Mrs. Virgie McKenzie, Grantsville, Md., 33 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville, MD. Friday from 2 to 4 P.M. and 7 to 9 P.M. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home Friday at 8:15 P.M. Services will be conducted Saturday at 10 A.M. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Frostburg, MD. By MSGR John Reinsfelder. Interment will be in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Avilton, Maryland. The family requests that memorials take the form of contributions to the St. Michael’s catholic Church, Frostburg.

More About NELLIE LEONA GARLITZ:

Burial: Saint Ann's Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland of America
Census: 1910, Line #95, Sheet #1B, Enumeration District #95, Garrett County, Maryland of America (Source: 1910 United States Federal Census.)
Social Security Number: 218-48-9538

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Louis Joseph MCKENZIE (Isadore J.-1) was born in 1863. He died in Sep 1934 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. Louis McKenzie, 71 years old, of Avilton, Md., sister of Mrs. Rachel Miller of Connellsville, died at the Miners' Hospital at Frostburg, Md., following an operation. The Daily Courier, Connellsville, September 17, 1934.

He was buried in St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland.

Louis Joseph MCKENZIE and Mary Olivia MCKENZIE were married. Mary Olivia MCKENZIE (daughter of John L. MCKENZIE and Sarah Ellen (Helena) CHRISTNER) was born in 1866. She died in 1931. She was buried in St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland.


Lewis McK., farmer, son of Isadore McK. and Harriet Garlitz; widowed (mistake on dc says his wife was Harriet); born March 21, 1863, Garrett Co.; died September 12, 1934, Frostburg, of pneumonia; buried Sept. 15, 1934, St. Ann's; informant, Mrs. Edward McK.

From death certificate obtained by Don Kagle.

More About Louis J. MCKENZIE:

Baptism: February 02, 1865, Saint Michael's Church, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. Sponsors: Leo and Margaret McKenzie. Records of St. Michael's Catholic Church. St. Michael's was established in 1852. MSA M 3743 (1852-1910).

Burial: Saint Ann's Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland of America
Census: 1900, Line #93, Sheet #7B, Enumeration District #45, Garrett County, Maryland of America (Source: 1900 United States Federal Census.)

Frostburg, September 14 - Funeral services for Louis McKenzie, 71, of Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland, who died at Miners' Hospital following an operation, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Avilton. Interment will be in the church cemetery. He is survived by seven children: John McKenzie and Mrs. Labe Persley, Akron, O.; Mrs. Thomas Ravenscroft and James McKenzie, Eastern Shore of Maryland; Mrs. Godfrey Scott and Edward and Leonard McKenzie, Frostburg. He also leaves a brother James McKenzie of Gilmore, and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Miller and Mrs. Rachel Miller of Connellsville, Pa. Cumberland Evening Times, September 15, 1934

Lewis married Mary Olivia McKenzie on 8 Feb 1887. Mary (daughter of John L. McKenzie and Sarah Ellen (Helena) Christner) was born on 3 Jun 1866 in Maryland; died on 24 Feb 1931 in Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Olivia MCKENZIE (John L.-3, Samuel J.-2, John M.-1) was born in 1866. She died in 1931. She was buried in St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland.

More About MARY OLIVE MCKENZIE:

Baptism: July 23, 1867, Saint Michael's Church, Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. Sponsors: leo McKenzie and Rebecca McKenzie. Page 237. Records of St. Michael's Catholic Church. St. Michael's was established in 1852. MSA M 3743 (1852-1910).

Burial: February 28, 1931, Saint Ann's Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland of America Census: 1880, Line #18, Page #44, Enumeration District #96, Garrett County, Maryland of America (Source: 1880 United States Federal Census.)

John + Ella Gertrude Hemmings. Ella (daughter of Thomas Hemming and Alice Haney) was born on 8 Dec 1881 in Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Feb 1959 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 9 Feb 1959, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland

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Mrs. Ella Garlitz – Frostburg – Mrs. Ella (Hemings) Garlitz, 76, of RD 2, Frostburg, , died this morning in Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, after having been a patient for two weeks. She was the daughter of Thomas and Alice (Haney) Hemings and was born in Bedford. She was the widow of John Garlitz. Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Beeman, Conneaut, Ohio; Mrs. Barbara Cadwallader, Gilmore; Mrs. Nancy Hetz and Mrs. Ora Wiland, Avilton; Mrs. Virgie McKenzie, Cove; and Mrs. Nellie McKenzie, Garrett County; six sons, Clayton Garlitz, Zihlman; and Harry, Charles, Ralph, Sheridan and Edward Garlitz, all at home; a sister, Mrs. Emma Winner, Midland; three half-sisters, Mrs. Edna McKenzie, Winchester Road; Mrs. Rose Carey, Frostburg; and Mrs. Greta Miller, Shaft; a brother, Gus Hemings, Confluence; two half-brothers, Harry Smith, Midland, and James Smith, Eckhart. The body will be at the Durst Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Cumberland Evening Times Monday, February 9, 1959