Oscar J McKenzie

1909 - 1997  (87 years)

• Name	Oscar J McKenzie
  Born	22 Mar 1909	White Oak, Morgan County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Feb 1997	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Valencia Cemetery, Valencia, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4890	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry McKenzie
  Mother	Minniebelle Gose McKenzie
  Family ID	F6618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Vesta Keeton McKenzie,   b. 9 Jun 1913, Wrigley, Morgan County, Kentucky ,   d. 22 Apr 2007  (Age 93 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1933	Sandy Hook, Elliott County, Kentucky
  Children	1. Clyde O McKenzie + 2. Neil Duane McKenzie,   b. 10 Jan 1941, Valencia, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 23 Jun 2021  (Age 80 years)
  Documents		Anniversary- McKenzie, Oscar and Vesta 1 McKenzie’s to celebrate 50th anniversary Nov. 26 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McKenzie will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Rossville Community Building, Rossville, Ks. Honoring them will be their children, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie, Marietta, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Neil McKenzie, Willard, Ks. The couple has six grandchildren. Oscar McKenzie and Vesta Keeton were married Nov. 15, 1933, at Sandy Hook, Ky.
  		Anniversary- McKenzie, Oscar and Vesta 2 Vesta and Oscar McKenzie McKenzie Couple Wed Sixty Years Oscar and Vesta McKenzie will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, November 27,1993, at the Rossville Christian Church, 411 Spruce. Hosting the event will be their children, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie, Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. Neil McKenzie, Willard. Oscar McKenzie and Vesta Keeton were married November 15,1933, at Sandy Hook, Ky. They have six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2021 22:39:40
  Family ID	F3348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Ray McKenzie
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2018 14:54:25
  Family ID	F6620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Valencia Cemetery, Valencia, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- McKenzie, Oscar Oscar J. McKenzie WILLARD — Oscar J. McKenzie, 87, Willard, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at a Topeka nursing home. Mr. McKenzie worked 25 years at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. before he retired in 1972. He had served many years as mayor of Willard and several terms on the Willard City Council. He was born March 22, 1909, in White Oak, Ky., the son of Henry and Minniebelle Gose McKenzie. He moved to Kansas in 1935 and he had lived in Willard since 1951. Mr. McKenzie was a member of Lake Lodge No. 50 AF&AM in Silver Lake, Hesperian Lodge No. 111 in Rossville where he served nine years as worshipful master and one term as District Deputy Grand Master. He was awarded Outstanding Mason for 1981 by the M.W. Grand Lodge AF&AM of Kansas. He also was a member of the Scottish Rite and Arab Shrine in Topeka and a 25-year member of Clarice Chapter No. 390 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Wakarusa. He was married to Vesta Keeton on Nov. 15, 1933, in Sandy Hook, Ky. She survives. Other survivors include three sons, Ray McKenzie, Tallahassee, Fla., Clyde McKenzie, Marietta, Ga., and Neil McKenzie, Willard; three sisters, Ethel Kissick, Paris, Ky., Myrtle McKenzie, Mansfield, Ohio, and Mattie Perry, West Liberty, Ky.; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Chapel in Topeka. Burial with Masonic graveside services conducted by Lake Lodge No. 50 AF&AM will be at Valencia Cemetery in Valencia. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1314 S.W. Arrowhead Road, Topeka, 66604.