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Source: South Bend Tribune 2 April 1913 Wed p 5
Rev. John A. McKee of Chicago son of Rev. FV McKee for many years pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Mishawaka but now living in Peoria, Ill died yesterday. He is survived by a wife and several children. The body will be brought to South Bend and the funeral will be held Friday. Rev. HB Hostetter of Westminister Presbyterian Church will officiate. Rev. John A. McKee was employed by the American Bible Society and was about 45 years old. His father moved to South Bend from Mishawaka and lived here until about one year ago. – kbz
Source: South Bend Tribune 3 April 1913 p 9 (Thu)
Rev. John McKee, son of one of the old Presbyterian pastors in Mishawaka, himself once preaching in the First Presbyterian Church here died recently at a minister’s rest home in Newbury, Ind. Failing in health he was engaged in Bible extension work in Oak Park, Ill. His remains arrived at South Bend this morning where funeral and burial will take place. – kbz
Source: Evansville Press 1 April 1913 Tue p 7
Rev. John McKee, 40, of Chicago passed away Tuesday morning at the Thornton home at Newburg, where he had gone to recuperate from a nervous breakdown early in the new year. His wife, son and daughter, father, Rev. McKee of Peoria, Illinois and sister, Mrs. Elliott of Peoria were with him when the end came. Rev. McKee worked for a number of years in foreign fields and it was the strain of this work that led to the breakdown in the prime of life. The body will be taken to South Bend, Mich Wednesday for burial. – kbz
Source: Evansville Journal Tue 1 April 1913 p 5
After a long and severe illness Rev. John Archbold McKee, a minister of the Presbyterian Church died at Thornton Home, Newburg, Monday evening at half past six o’clock, Mr. McKee was the son of Rev. Samuel V. McKee of Peoria, Ill for many years a prominent pastor in the banks of the Presbyterian minister. He gave his son a thorough training for the ministry which included the regular college course at Wabash and the Seminary course at Princeton, NJ and the Master’s degree in a special post graduate course from Princeton University. Soon after his graduation Mr. McKee was married to Miss Clara Booth and the two went as missionaries to Siam. A severe attack of Asiatic cholera threatened the life of Mrs. McKee and they were obliged to return to America. Since then he has served as pastor in Michigan and an agent of the American Bible Society with headquarters at Chicago. His health completely giving way, Mr. McKee came with his wife and two children to reside at Thornton Home for rest and recuperation. His death at the age of 41 years comes as a serious disappointment to those who had marked out for him a long career of great usefulness in the Presbyterian minister. He leaves a wife and two children. His aged father and his sister, wife of Rev. WM Elliott of Peoria, were with him at the time of his death. A sister, Mrs. Julia Fuller is the wife of a missionary in Africa. The funeral will take place at Thornton Home some time tomorrow and the body will be taken to South Bend, Ind for burial. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. GW Williams of Newburg and Rev. John Kennedy of Evansville. – kbz