McKEE, Martha Jane SAWYER 1844 - 1921

MCKEE, SAWYER, SAWYERS, MILLER, GREESON, TRAIL, DUDLEY

Posted By: Richard K. Thompson (email)
Date: 3/11/2012 at 14:04:07

Fairfield Daily Journal
Thursday, Feb. 3, 1921
Pg. 4 Col. 2.

MRS. MARTHA M'KEE DIED LAST NIGHT

Mrs. Martha J. McKEE died Wednesday night at her home on South Fourth street, after an illness of several months from a complication of diseases, attendant upon old age. Mrs. McKEE was seventy-six years, six months and twenty-three days old at the time of her death.

She is survived by six children: Ed E. McKEE, of Memphis, Mo.; W. C. McKEE, Mrs. Ed MILLER, Mrs. Fannie GREESON, Miss Nora R. McKEE and Mrs. C. H. TRAIL, all of Fairfield.

Funeral services will be held at the home, 600 South Fourth street, Friday afternoon at two o'clock in charge of Rev. H. Sears Thomson. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

* Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Evergreen cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa. 3rd.014. Her husband, John J. McKEE, is buried in Antioch cemetery with his first wife Mary DUDLEY McKEE.

Note: The maiden name has been given as "Sawyer" or "Sawyers", depending on sources. Will use "Sawyer" for this entry pending any further clarification. Little is known about her birth and early childhood, nor are the names of her parents listed in Jefferson county family group sheets for clarification. Obituaries for two children do use "SAWYER" for the maiden name of their mother. It is possible that "SAWYERS" was entered into her death record, creating the confusion.

The exact DOD for Martha is questionable. It has been listed as being Feb. 3, 1921 (which would have been a Thursday). However, her Fairfield Daily Journal obituary published on Thursday, Feb. 3, 1921 explicitly stated that she died on Wednesday night, which would then be Feb. 2, 1921. The February 3rd date may have been entered into her death record, however.