DOB/DOD: March 17, 1883 (Salem, MA) – December 11, 1971 (West Haven, CT); 88 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Unmarried; the family legend is that the love of her life died in the great influenza pandemic, and she never married.
LOCAL ADDRESS: Didn’t live locally (Bridgeport), but did graduate from the Norwalk Hospital School of Nursing in 1914. She was also the Supervisor of Nurses at Norwalk Hospital in 1918.
FAMILY: Born to Roderick [1842-1901] and Mary O’Neil MacKenzie [1855-1941]. Three brothers, Alexander [1879-1890], Frederick A. [1894-1969], and James K. [1897-1979]. Five sisters, Jessie G. MacKenzie Obenauer [1880-1957], Nellie [1888-1970], Dora [1892-1908], and Mary [1897-?].
SERVICE DATES: Served October 2, 1918, and released August 7, 1919. She trained at Fort Dix and then shipped out from NYC aboard the Louisville on December 3, 1918, for Base Hospital #77, Beaune, France. She was part of the replacement staff for the Georgia-based unit at that hospital. Contributed by Debby DeRose, Alice MacKenzie’s Great Niece
OTHER: In September 2022, American Legion Post 12 in Norwalk, honored all of the women who served from Norwalk in World War I. In attendance were Alice MacKenzie’s great nieces, Debby DeRose, Betsy Coobron, and Nancy Poon.
From Ancestry.com
From The Bridgeport Post December 13, 1971
Services for Miss Alice MacKenzie, of 655 Palisade Avenue, who died Saturday in the West Haven Veterans Hospital, will take place Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Albert W. Spear Funeral Home, 39 South Benson Road, Fairfield, and at 10 o’clock in St. Ambrose Church with a Mass of Resurrection. Burial will be in St. Michael’s Cemetery. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Miss MacKenzie had resided in this area most of her life. She had been a veteran of World War I, serving as an Army nurse in France. She graduated from the first nursing class at Norwalk Hospital and worked at both the Doctors and Leroy Hospitals in New York City. Survivors are a brother, James K. MacKenzie of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and several nieces and nephews.
Alice MacKenzie is buried in Saint Michael’s Cemetery, 2205 Stratford Avenue, Stratford, Connecticut; MacKenzie Family Plot; Section 6, Lot 57 (south half), Grave 6.
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