McKay, Orson

Obituaries

Orson McKay
March 6, 1851-Oct. 22, 1932


Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 24, 1932, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

ORSON MC KAY, 80, IS DEAD IN CHICAGO HOME

Former Niles Hotel Keeper To Be Buried Here Tuesday


Orson McKay, 80, a former resident of Niles, and an uncle of S.M. Montague and Alfred Johnson, of Niles, died on Friday evening in his home, 6451 Ellis Ave., Chicago, after about a year of illness.
The body will be brought to Niles tomorrow morning on the Michigan Central train due at 11:10 and will be taken directly to Silverbrook cemetery for burial in the family lot.  Masonic services will be conducted at the grave and the Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, will be the officiating minister.
Mr. McKay was many years ago proprietor of the hotel known as the Bond house and located at Second and Sycamore streets until it was destroyed by fire. He was married in Niles to Mamie Johnson, a member of a pioneer Niles family, who survives him. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Kay left Niles 45  years ago to make their home in Chicago. He was for many years in the employe of the Santa Fe Railroad company.
This evening Masonic funeral services for Mr. McKay will be held in the Masonic temple in Chicago.
Mrs. McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bonslett and Mrs. Charles A. Johnson will accompany the body to Niles, Mrs. Bonslett is a niece of Mrs. McKay, formerly having been Edna Kimmell of Niles.

DOB from Illinois Deaths at FamilySearch.org