 1916 - 2003 (87 years)
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| Name |
Nellie Ruth Deneen |
| Birth |
7 Jun 1916 |
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
28 Jul 2003 |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Notes |
- FROSTBURG - Nellie Ruth Deneen McKenzie of St. Vincent de Paul Nursing Center, formerly of Frostburg Heights Apartments and LaVale, passed from this life to her heavenly home with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, July 28, 2003. Born in Cumberland, she was the loving daughter of the late Reed Deneen and Blanche N. (Dorsey) Deneen Pryor. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Samuel A. McKenzie, and her second husband, Edward O. Beasley; her brother, Fred Deneen; nephews Scott Deneen and Steve Perdew; and her grandson, John William Cave. Mrs. McKenzie was formerly employed as secretery/bookkeeper with the Scott's Beauty Academy, Cumberland, the Frostburg Dodge Garage, Footer's Cleaners, LaVale, Mr. Jack's Appliances, LaVale, and she was the owner of Nell's Varieties, LaVale. She was a member of Saint Patrick's Catholic Church and former member of Saint Mary's Catholic Church and Ladies Sodality, all of Cumberland. Nellie was a loving and devoted mother to her five children, William G. McKenzie and wife Gini, Harmans, Alice B. Dombrowsky and husband Phil, Martinsburg, W.Va., John Fred McKenzie and wife Chong, Fayetteville, N.C., Judy E. Brown and husband Sonny, Cumberland, and Janet M. Durst and husband Bruce, Frostburg. She was also a loving and caring grandmother to Donna Cobean, Dottie Pownall, Kimberly Antill, John McKenzie, Laurie Brown, Kristin Martin, Lisa Gilpin and Shari Durst; and five great-grandchildren she dearly treasured, Kayla, Alicia, and Anna Pownall, and Mathew and Tim Antill. Nellie's greatest joy in life was her family. She was a riend to all due to her winning personality, beautiful smile and enduring good nature. She always had the ability to look on the bright side of every situation in her life because of her deep religious roots, her love of life, and her enthusiasm for living it. She will be greatly missed by all. Friends will be received at the Durst Funeral Home, P.A., 57 Frost Ave., Frostburg, on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Christian Wake Service will be conducted by Rev. Fr. William Moody at the funeral home on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Friends can also go online at durstfuneralhome.com to find directions to the funeral home and instructions to email condolences. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Cumberland, on Friday at 10 a.m. with Rev. Fr. Milton Hipsley as celebrant. Interment will be in the Saint Mary's Cemetery, Cumberland. Cumberland Times-News, Wednesday, March 31, 2004.
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| Person ID |
I14887 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Reed Deneen, b. Abt 1892, Hancock, Washington County, Maryland d. 9 Feb 1920, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age ~ 28 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Blanche N. Dorsey, b. Abt 1888, Somerset County, Pennsylvania d. 10 Jun 1976, Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland (Age ~ 88 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F07050 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Samuel Albert Joshua McKenzie, b. 27 Jan 1909, Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland d. 15 Jan 1958, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 48 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. William G. McKenzie, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 2. Alice B. McKenzie, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 3. John Fred McKenzie, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 4. Judith Elaine McKenzie, b. 8 Sep 1946, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland d. 10 Jan 2016, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Janet Marie McKenzie, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
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| Family ID |
F07038 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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