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Dr. David McKinney Was Scheduled To Give Baccalaureate Dr. David McKinney, D. D., L. L. D., 74, first president of Cedar ville College and a member of the college board of trustees, died sud denly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Schubert, 98 Ehr man Ave., Cincinnati, late Thurs day afternoon. Death was caused by shock re sulting from the disappearance of his granddaughter, Marjorie Ann Schubert, 5, which induced a heart attack. The child, who had gone with classmates instead of return ing home after being dismissed from school was found less than an hour after the death of her grand father. Dr. McKinney, who was to have delivered the baccalaureate ser mon at Cedarville College’s for tieth annual commencement in June, served as president of the college from the time it was founded by the Reformed Presby terian Church in 1894 until 1915, when he was succeeded by Dr. W. R. McChesney, who is now president of the school. He had remained as an active member of the trustee board and at the time of his death was serving as chair man of the investment committee. Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Mc Kinney was educated at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and the Reformed Presbyterian Seminary of Philadelphia. Following his grad uation from the seminary, he ac cepted a pastorate at Elgin, Il, later going to Cincinnati as pas tor of the First Reformed Presby terian Church. Following the mer ger of this church with the First Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, Dr. McKinney continued as pastor of the combined churches until he retired eight years ago. The First Church has since merged with the Church of the Covenant as the Covenant - First Presbyterian Church. Dr. McKinney is survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Chapin McKin ney, a daughter, Mrs. George Schubert, of Cincinnati, and two sons. Rev. D. K. McKinney, D. D., pastor of Oakland Presbyterian Church, Springfield, and Robert 8. McKinney, a government engineer of Washington D. C. Dr. and Mrs. McKinney resided at 218 Woolper Ave., Clifton, Cincinnati. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. In respect to Dr. McKinney's memory classes at Ce darville College were suspended Friday and the flag on the campus was at half-mast. E. E. STRAWN FE. E. Strawn, who organized the Strawn Press Co., and operated it for a time on Washington St., this city, died recently in Memorial Hospital, Chicago, friends here have learned. He had been confined to the hospital for more than a year. After leaving Xenia several years ago Mr. Strawn spent a year in Cleveland and then went to New ark, N. J., where he was associated with the New Jersey Parchment Paper Co., until he became ill. He is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Alma Cosby, of Akron, and Mrs. Carl Sharpe (Wil ma Strawn), of St. Petersburg, Fla., who formerly was a teacher in the Xenia public schools, and two sons, Kenneth, of Cincinnati, and Marion, of Chicago. Burial of Mr. Strawn took place in Spencer, Ia. Mrs. Strawn is now in St. Petersburg with her daugh ter but is planning to return to Cincinnati to make her home. MRS. AMANDA ELLIS Funeral services for Mrs. Aman da Ellis, 80, widow of William Ellis, who died at her home, one mile north of Bellbrook, early Thuusday, will be conducted at the home Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Bur ial will be made in Woodland Ceme tery, this city. Mrs. Ellis, who was a life-long resident of Greene County, is sur vived by a sister, Mrs. R. Purdom, of Bellbrook, and a brother, Davis Hower, of Dayton.
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 27, 1934
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