William M. McKenzie
Nov. 1, 1874-Aug. 8, 1930
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, August 9, 1930, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
M.C. RY. INSPECTOR DIES OF INJURIES
William McKinzie Passes Away at Hospital Friday Evening
Injuries received by William McKenzie, 54, 1352 Sheridan avenue on Thursday night, proved fatal and he died last evening about 6:30 in Pawating hospital without having regained consciousness.
Mr. McKenzie, who was a Michigan Central car inspector, had found a broken brake hanger under a freight car and had crawled under the car to repair it. While he was under the car, the train of which the car was a part, was set in motion and before Mr. McKenzie could get to safety, wheels of the car had gone over him.
Although fellow workmen came at once to his assistance he suffered greatly from loss of blood before he reached the hospital and from the first, grave fears for his recovery were held an account of the apparent injuries and from evident internal injuries.
Mr. McKenzie was born on Nov. 1, 1874, at Mattoon, Ill. He moved to Niles with his family in August, 1923, from Mattoon where he had been employed for 20 years in the railroad service. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Myrtle McKenzie, by three sons, Ray McKenzie, Mattoon, Ill., George and Oscar McKenzie, of Niles, two daughters, Mrs. J.C. Edmonds, of Villa Grove, Ill., and Miss Mary Frances McKenzie, of Niles. One grandson, Gueldon Edmonds, also survives. George McKenzie, one of the three surviving sons, was graduated in June from the Niles high school.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon. A service will be held at 2 o'clock in the home, 1352 Sheridan avenue, and at 2:30 in the First Baptist church. Burial will be made in Silver Brook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, August 11, 1929, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News in Brief: FUNERAL WILLIAM McKENZIE
Funeral services for William McKenzie, 1329 Sheridan avenue, who was fatally injured last Thursday night while in the discharge of his duties as a Michigan Central car inspector, were held on Sunday in the First Baptist church. The Rev. O.P. Miles, the pastor, conducted the services. The pallbearers were railroad employes as follows: Charles Sayer, Earl Clark, William Guirk, Carl Schmitt, Oliver Burton and Frank Wise. Burial was made in Silver Brook cemetery. Among those from out of the city who attended the services were J.C. Edmonds of Villa Grove, Ill., and Lawrence Walters, Mattoon, Ill., William McKenzie, Frank Anderson and j. Black, of Terre Haute, Ind. Mr. McKenzie was the last member of his family since the death on June 23 of the brother in Mattoon.