ROSEMONT — L. Ardyce McKinney, 88, of Rosemont died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Merten-Butler Mortuary Chapel in Blue Hill with Pastor Breen Sipes officiating. Private family burial will be in the Blue Hill Cemetery. Merten-Butler Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. McKinney was born Dec. 10, 1925, to Dick and Lillian (Brown) Johnson at Cordova. She graduated from Friend High School in 1942. Following graduation, she worked at the Naval Ammunition Depot in Hastings. She moved to California with her sister to await the discharge of her fiance from the Navy. While she lived there she worked for a bank. On June 30, 1946, she was united in marriage to Vernon "Beanie" McKinney. They were blessed with three children, Cheri, Jack and Jim.

For 18 years, Vernon and Ardyce owned and operated the Rosemont Grain Elevator. Ardyce worked in the office, weighing trucks, doing the bookkeeping, helping get train cars ready to ship grain and even unloading trucks at the elevator if need be. At the same time she always cooked a delicious meal for her family, taking care of her children and keeping up with her household chores. Shortly after Vernon and Ardyce sold the grain elevator, she was offered a job at the Commercial Bank in Blue Hill, and she worked there until her retirement. Ardyce was an extremely level headed and giving person, always putting family and friends first. She was very proud of her family, especially her grandchildren.

Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Cheri and Ray Biltoft of Hardy; two sons and daughters-in-law, Jack and Ella McKinney of Marquette, and Jim and Connie McKinney of Blue Hill; six grandsons, Jerry Smock, Brad Biltoft, and Brett, Rick, Scott and Jeff McKinney; her great-grandchildren, Jayme and Payton Smock, Taryn and Owen McKinney, Rayne Biltoft, Kate McKinney and Shannon Johnson; one brother, Cliff (Marilyn) Johnson of Milford; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Sawyer of Hastings and Eileen Fallon of Puyallup, Wash.; one brother-in-law, Dick (Jo) Jarosik of Marian, Iowa; and several nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parentsl; her husband, Vernon; a sister, Lorraine; a brother, Frank; and a nephew, Dick Friend.