 1917 - 2003 (86 years)
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| Name |
Austin Joseph (Tip) McKenzie |
| Birth |
7 Nov 1917 |
Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
10 Dec 2003 |
Finzel, Garrett County, Maryland |
| Notes |
- Austin J. "Tip" MCKENZIE, born 7 Nov 1917, Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland; married Betty Grace WERNER; died 10 Dec 2003, Finzel, Garrett Co., Maryland.
FINZEL — Austin J. “Tip” McKenzie, 86, passed on to his next life, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, at his home in Finzel, after a brave battle with lymphatic cancer. Born in Avilton, he was the son of the late Raymond and Lula (Robison) McKenzie. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Gilbert “Gib” McKenzie; one sister, Celia Dugan; and a beloved son, John Joseph McKenzie. Mr. McKenzie was a retired laborer and had been a member of Laborers Local 616 for 40 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II, and during the war “Tip” participated in the landing at Normandy and fought in various campaigns in the liberation of Europe. He received eight medals for his valor, including the Silver Star and the most recent being the Jubilee of Liberty medal issued by the city of Versailles, France. Surviving are his wife, Betty Grace (Werner) McKenzie; two sons, Keith McKenzie and wife Tracy, and Kenneth Rosenberger and wife Doris, all of Finzel; six grandchildren, Julie Bittinger and husband Timmy, Kevin McKenzie and wife Stephanie, Jina McKenzie and boyfriend Jason Malone, Jesse Rosenberger, and Amy and Beth McKenzie; six great-grandchildren, Haley and Austin McKenzie, Leah and John Bittinger, and Abbie and Mariska McKenzie; two brothers, Leonard McKenzie and wife Virginia, Finzel, and Paul McKenzie and wife Shirley, Avilton; two sisters, Ann Fowler, Meadow Mountain, and Mary Emma Warnick, Mount Clemons, Mich.; and one daughter-in-law, Judith Linthicum McKenzie, LaVale. Friends will be received at the Durst Funeral Home, Frostburg, on Friday. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Saturday at 9 a m. with the Rev. Father William Moody officiating. Interment will be in the Finzel Cemetery. Military honors will be conducted at graveside by the American Legion Honor Guard. Pallbearers will be Rudy Shockey, Michael Shockey, Stevie McKenzie, Eric McKenzie, Jason Malone and Tim Bittinger. Cumberland Times-News, Thursday, December 11, 2003
He was buried on 14 Dec 2003 in Finzel Cemetery, Finzel, Garrett Co., Maryland.
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| Person ID |
I03139 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Raymond Francis (Flavin) P. McKenzie, b. 4 Jul 1885, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland d. 27 Apr 1971, Lanaconing, Maryland (Age 85 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Luella Myrtle Robeson, b. 14 Jun 1891, Garrett County, Maryland d. 20 Nov 1960, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
21 Jul 1907 |
Allegany County, Maryland |
| Family ID |
F01870 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Betty Grace Werner, b. 21 Sep 1924 d. 13 Jul 2021, Finzel, Garrett County, maryland (Age 96 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. John Joseph McKenzie, b. 19 Sep 1946 d. 7 Jul 1980, Cumberland, Maryland (Age 33 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Keith McKenzie, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
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| Family ID |
F01830 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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