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Chester Alex McKenzie

Chester Alex McKenzie

Male 1924 - 2013  (88 years)

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  • Name Chester Alex McKenzie  [1, 2
    Birth 2 Aug 1924  Okeechobee, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Chief 
    Residence 1950  Flagler, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    StreetAddress: black Branch Rd; 26 Age: 26; Automobile Mechanic Occupation: Automobile Mechanic; AgriculturalQuestionnaireNumber: 6; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 18-10; GradeCompleted: No; HoursWorked: 50; Income: 1500; IncomeOtherSources: None; Industry: Garage; LiveOnFarm: Yes; OccupationCategory: Working; OtherIncomeSupplement: None; SchoolYearsCompleted: S9; ServedInWWI: No; ServedInWWII: Yes; ThreeOrMoreAcres: Yes; Veteran: No; WeeksWorked: 44; SameHouse: Yes; Head RelationToHead: Head; Married MaritalStatus: Married 
    Death 3 May 2013  Calhoun, McLean, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • CALHOUN - Chester A. "Chief" McKenzie, 88, of 6260 Kentucky 256, Calhoun, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at his home. Chester was born Aug. 2, 1924, in Okeechobee County, Fla., to the late James A. and Fern A. Rich McKenzie and married the former Lula Ann James, who preceded him in death July 5, 1997. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Chester was a Christian, a Kentucky Colonel, a member of Vienna Lodge 423 F&AM and a retired electrician from IBEW 1701. He enjoyed eating at Cracker Barrel, making homemade wine and working around the house.

      Survivors include two daughters, Sadye Austin and Sarah Jane McKenzie, both of Calhoun; five grandchildren, Sheryl and Scott Hahn, Rod and Candy Austin, Don and Candace Austin, Debra and Glenn Simpson and Angela Austin; seven great-grandchildren, Sam Hahn, Robert Hahn, Seth Hahn, Brainna and Michael Drake, Garrett Hudson, Allison Austin and Elijah Ray Austin; and two great-great-grandchildren.

      Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Muster Funeral Homes Calhoun Chapel with Jimmy O'Neal officiating. Burial will be in Calhoun Cemetery in McLean County with military honors presented by McLean County VFW Memorial Post 5415. Friends may visit with Chester's family from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday at Musters, Calhoun, where a Masonic service will be at 6 p.m. Sunday conducted by Vienna Lodge 432 F&AM.

      The Chester McKenzie family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Vienna Lodge 432, c/o Henry Cissna, P.O. Box 1, Calhoun, KY 42327. Memorial contribution envelopes will be available at Musters in Calhoun. Share your memories and photos of Chester at www.musterfuneralhomes.com.

      Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (KY) - Sunday, May 5, 2013

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      "Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer", Kentucky, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1461DC3A6314AEB0-1461DC3A6314AEB0 : accessed 11 August 2016)
      Chester A. 'Chief' McKenzie

      http://www.musterfuneralhomes.com/notices/Chester-McKenzie
    Burial 6 May 2013  Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, McLean, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I34467  tng Genealogy

    Father Alexander James McKenzie,   b. 6 Feb 1902, Miami, Dade, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1934, Miami, Dade, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Fern Augusta Rich,   b. 18 Dec 1905, Bates, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1926, Okeechobee, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F12320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lula Ann James,   b. 16 Feb 1926   d. 5 Jul 1997 (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F12321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - StreetAddress: black Branch Rd; 26 Age: 26; Automobile Mechanic Occupation: Automobile Mechanic; AgriculturalQuestionnaireNumber: 6; AttendedSchool: No; EnumerationDistrict: 18-10; GradeCompleted: No; HoursWorked: 50; Income: 1500; IncomeOtherSources: None; Industry: Garage; LiveOnFarm: Yes; OccupationCategory: Working; OtherIncomeSupplement: None; SchoolYearsCompleted: S9; ServedInWWI: No; ServedInWWII: Yes; ThreeOrMoreAcres: Yes; Veteran: No; WeeksWorked: 44; SameHouse: Yes; Head RelationToHead: Head; Married MaritalStatus: Married - 1950 - Flagler, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Chester A McKenzie photo

  • Sources 
    1. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91776541.
      Record for Chester Alex McKenzie
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    2. [S697] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;).
      United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Flagler, Florida; Roll: 3534; Sheet Number: 2; Enumeration District: 18-10
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