MARY L. Mckenzie keyser Mrs. Mary Keyser, wife of Herbert T. Keyser, of Byron, Cal., and daughter of the late J. M. McKenzie of Stockton, Cal., died at the Damerin hospital in Stockton. June 3, 1918, after an illness of six days, only a short time after the death of her illustrious father. Mary L. McKenzie was born in Fayette, Iowa, April 21, 1860. When two years of age she came with her parents to Nebraska, where she grew to womanhood, graduating with honor from the Peru State Normal school in June, 1883. After graduating she taught successfully in the schools of Syracuse, Harvard and York. The family moved to Oakdale, Cal., in 1888. Here Mary proved an able assistant to her father in the Seminary and Normal school, which was afterwards merged into the Oakdale high school. She taught several terms at Langworth and in the Oakdale grammar school. In the fall of '98 she accepted a position in the Excelsior school near Byron. Here she met her future husband, H. T. Keyser. They were married at Oakdale, September 26, 1900, and lived together' happily for nearly eighteen years.
Pioneers of Early Period Nebraska Pioneer records 1918
Pioneers of Early Period Nebraska Pioneer records 1918
MARY L. Mckenzie keyser Mrs. Mary Keyser, wife of Herbert T. Keyser, of Byron, Cal., and daughter of the late J. M. McKenzie of Stockton, Cal., died at the Damerin hospital in Stockton. June 3, 1918, after an illness of six days, only a short time after the death of her illustrious father. Mary L. McKenzie was born in Fayette, Iowa, April 21, 1860. When two years of age she came with her parents to Nebraska, where she grew to womanhood, graduating with honor from the Peru State Normal school in June, 1883. After graduating she taught successfully in the schools of Syracuse, Harvard and York. The family moved to Oakdale, Cal., in 1888. Here Mary proved an able assistant to her father in the Seminary and Normal school, which was afterwards merged into the Oakdale high school. She taught several terms at Langworth and in the Oakdale grammar school. In the fall of '98 she accepted a position in the Excelsior school near Byron. Here she met her future husband, H. T. Keyser. They were married at Oakdale, September 26, 1900, and lived together' happily for nearly eighteen years.
Pioneers of Early Period Nebraska Pioneer records 1918
Pioneers of Early Period Nebraska Pioneer records 1918
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