Maxine I. McKenzie (1924-2007)

MCKENZIE

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 10/7/2007 at 23:38:23

Maxine I. McKenzie, age 83, of Omaha, Neb., passed away October 4, 2007, at Creighton University Medical Center, in Omaha.

Maxine was born August 9, 1924, in Defiance, Iowa, to the late Michael and Anna (Loehr) Finn. She graduated from Omaha Central High School, in 1942, and married Frankiln E. McKenzie, Sr., on November 27, 1945. To this union three children were born. The McKenzie family moved to Council Bluffs in 1956, and Maxine worked for AT&T as an administrative assistant, for 27 years, retiring in 1979. She moved to Omaha in 2004. Maxine was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, it's Altar and Rosary Society, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority.

She was preceded in death by her husband, of 48 years, Frank McKenzie, Sr., in 1994; two sisters, Donna Leaf and Mary Ann Cunningham.

Maxine is survived by her daughter, Patricia Hannan and husband Richard, of Council Bluffs; sons, Frank McKenzie, Jr. and wife Linda, of Underwood, Minn., Jeffrey McKenzie and special friend Tracy Heintzleman, of Omaha; grandchildren, Kari Hannan Scott, James Hannan, Brian, Amy, and Christopher McKenzie; great grandchildren, Andrew McKenzie and Braylon Parks; sisters, Kitty Harden, Jane Urban, Elaine Tate and husband Lee, all of Omaha; brother, Mike Finn and wife Mary Lou, of Waterloo, Neb.; many nieces and nephews.

A Rosary Service, conducted by the Holy Family Rosary Society, will be held, Monday, 4 p.m., and Rosary Recitation, Monday, 6:30 p.m., followed by visitation with the family until 8:00 p.m., conducted by Fr. Dan Kirby, all at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial, Tuesday, 10 a.m., at Holy Family Catholic Church. Interment, Calvary Cemetery, in Omaha, with a lunch following at the parish hall.

Memorials to St. Albert Schools preferred.

Published in The Daily Nonpareil on 10/7/2007.