 1936 - 2018 (82 years)
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| Name |
Mary Louise Davis |
| Birth |
8 Nov 1936 |
Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
3 Dec 2018 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah |
| Notes |
- Mary Louise (Davis) McKenzie, 82, of Salt Lake City, formerly of Keyser, W.Va., passed away Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Born Nov. 8, 1936, in Keyser, she was the daughter of the late Dwight W. Davis and Doris Anastasia Davis. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Janice Bosley, Betty Lee (James) Scott, and brothers, Forrest (Barbara) Davis, Patrick Joseph (Merrie Lou) Davis, and William (Martha) Davis. She is survived by her husband, Bernard Earl McKenzie; daughter, Lisa (David) Callahan, and son, Matthew (Amy) McKenzie. She was a devoted grandmother to her four grandchildren, Lily Callahan, Hunter McKenzie, Ethan McKenzie, and Raymond Callahan. Mary Lou was in training to be a registered nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital in Cumberland, when a friend told her she should meet the patient in a certain room. His name was Bernard Earl McKenzie. Mary Lou and Bernie were sweethearts for several years before they began a marriage, spanning 57 years, at Church of the Assumption in Keyser. Their marriage set the bar high as a shining example of partnership, hard work, love, laughter, and mutual respect. Bernie and Mary Lou moved to Salt Lake City in 1965. They raised their children in Utah, alongside dozens of other transferees from ABL (Allegany Ballistics Laboratory) in West Virginia near Cumberland, to Hercules (now Northrop Grumman) in Magna, Utah. They lived their lives to the fullest, exemplifying the high value they placed in their faith, family, and friends. Geography was never a barrier to Mary Lou's keeping track of and in touch with family and friends scattered across the United States. She was the glue that kept the family together. Even though she retired from caring for others as a registered nurse soon after the birth of her first child, Mary Lou never stopped caring for her immediate/extended family and friends in a manner that was second to none in the devotion and dedication she demonstrated every day in countless ways.
She became the "nurse" who applied band-aids to the damaged skin of neighborhood young children. Her beauty that showed on the outside was only outshone by the beauty inside her heart. Mary Lou spent most of her time helping others and in her spare time enjoyed making the world a more beautiful place by planting/cultivating countless colorful flowers in many home gardens that flourished over the years. She will be dearly missed, but the seeds of love she planted in our hearts will grow and bloom forever. Rest in peace, beloved daughter, sister, wife, aunt, mother, grandmother and best friend. Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, at 10 a.m. at St.
Thomas More Catholic Church, 3015 East Creek Road, Sandy, Utah. Celebration of life reception will follow immediately after. Interment will be in Mt Calvary Cemetery, Fourth Ave. and "T" Street, Salt Lake City, after the reception. Arrangements entrusted to Starks Funeral Parlor. Please share your photos and memories of Mary Lou with her family at www.starksfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Mary Lou's name. Published in Cumberland Times-News on December 8, 2018
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| Person ID |
I01682 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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