In the death of
Miss Mary M. McKay of 254 School street, the Historical Society has lost a faithful and devoted member.
Miss McKay was the daughter of the late
George and
Jane McKay of
Charlestown, where she was born sixty years ago. For the past fourteen years she had made her home with her sister,
Mrs. James G. Hinckley, of this city.
Her death occurred after a five weeks illness, on Saturday, August 29, 1903.
Besides
Mrs. Hinckley, two other sisters,
Mrs. Jacob T. Hutchinson and
Miss Eliza J. McKay, also a member of this society, and a brother,
George E. McKay, superintendent of the
Boston markets, are left to mourn her loss.
The interment was in the family lot at
Mt. Auburn.
Miss McKay, by her kind and cheerful disposition, and by her many other admirable qualities of mind and heart, won the esteem and friendship of a large circle of friends in this vicinity.