Champaign (IL) News Gazette Friday, July 4, 1930 P.5

URBANA WOMAN DIES IN HOME OF DAUGHTER

Mrs. Mary Ann McKenzie, 95 years old,died of old age at 12:45 o'clock Friday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Laura McGraw, 206 West University Avenue, Urbana. She was a pioneer resident of Urbana, having lived there since 1857.
No funeral plans have been made yet. Mrs. McKenzie's maiden name was Hillyer. She was born August 8, 1835 in New York City, the daughter of William and Sarah Hillyer. At five years of age, she moved with them to Cincinnati, being married there in May, 1857, to Elias McKenzie.

Surviving her are two daughters, Miss Sarah McKenzie and Mrs. McGraw, both of Urbana; four sons: Arthur of Urbana, Edward H. of Cleveland, Joseph and Lyle, twins of Alma, Mich.,and one adopted daughter, Mrs. W.H. Ruscamp of Chicago

Submitted by Allen F. Armstrong