Dorothy Mae McKenzie

1930 - 2014  (83 years)

• Name	Dorothy Mae McKenzie
  Birth	21 Jul 1930	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 May 2014	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  Notes	Baptized 8/17/1930 at St. Patrick's CUMBERLAND - Dorothy Mae (McKenzie) Thrasher, 83, of Cumberland, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center. Born July 21, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George “Frank” and Mildred “Mil” (Cunningham) McKenzie. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul L. Thrasher, Jr.; a son, Marshall E. “Ed” Thrasher; and a brother, James “Jim” McKenzie. Dottie graduated from St. Mary High School in Cumberland in 1948. She always talked about her senior class trip to New York City. While her children were in school, Dottie was very active in the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and the PTA at Pennsylvania Avenue and Johnson Heights Schools. She was an active member of the Tri State Citizens Band Radio Club. Dottie and her husband Paul were active campers, and she delivered Meals on Wheels for several years. Dottie later moved in the Kensington Algonquin where she participated in many of the activities. She completed her bucket list by taking a helicopter ride in Hagerstown arranged by the Kensington Algonquin in 2012. Dottie never met a person she didn't like. She loved being around people and making them laugh. She was an avid Bingo player. She loved to dress up in costumes for holidays and special events. She was still doing backflips and headstands with her grandchildren when she was in her fifties. Dottie was loved by her family and all who met her and will be sadly missed. She is survived by her daughters, Paula Horn and husband Dick, Fort Ashby, and Barbara Hahn and husband Rick, Cumberland; a son, Ronald Thrasher and wife Lori, Cumberland; granddaughters, Lori Horn Stark and husband Eric, Bethel Park, Pa., Leslie Horn White and husband Darren, Cary North Carolina, Michel Hahn Diehl and husband Craig, Cumberland, Jessica Thrasher Matlick and husband Dan, Edgewater, Md., and Julia Thrasher, Cumberland; grandsons, Jason Thrasher, Oklahoma, Joshua Thrasher and Justin Thrasher, both of Cumberland. Also surviving are her great grandchildren, Makenzie Stark, Daniel Stark, Markos Stark, Bethel Park, Pa., Jacob Diehl, Cumberland, Abby White, Gracie White, Cary, North Carolina and Jara Thrasher and Kyle Thrasher, Edgewater, Md.; sisters, Mary Jo Growden, Cumberland, Virginia “Ginny” Crews, Ohio, Rita Markley, Cumberland and Sue Ann “Susie, Ohio; brothers, George “Bud” McKenzie, California, and Joe McKenzie, Ohio; sister-in-law, Norma Thrasher Smith, Cresaptown, brother-in-law, Gene Thrasher and wife Linda, Cumberland and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Avenue (www.scarpellifh.com) on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 4-8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Scarpelli Funeral Home obituary, posted May 22, 2014
  Person ID	I16779	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	George Francis (Frank) McKenzie,   b. 6 Oct 1902, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland d. 8 Feb 1983, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mildred Agnes Cunningham,   b. 6 Feb 1906, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland d. 21 Apr 2006, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 100 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F05376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paul Lee Jr. Thrasher,   b. 16 Apr 1926, Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia d. 27 Nov 1993, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1949	St. Mary's Church, Cumberland, Maryland
  Children	1. Paula Ann Thrasher,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Marshall Edward Thrasher,   b. 12 Feb 1952, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland d. 26 Aug 2006, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Barbara Anne Thrasher,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   4. Ronald Allan Thrasher,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F07792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021