Born March 31, 1912, in Exie, Ky., to Charlie Major and Lillie Beard McKinney, she married Roy D. Russell on Oct. 15, 1930, in Green County, Ky. He died April 18, 1982, in Peoria.
Four brothers and four sisters also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two sons, Willard 'Russ' (and Betty) and Max (and Majorie); one daughter, Margaret 'Geraldine' (and Dean) West; one brother, Orville (and Agnes) McKinney; and two sisters, Lola England and Violet (and Raymond) Judd.
She had worked for Peoria Apron and Towel and for Remmington Rand Power Co. in Illiopolis during World War II.
Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Nov. 28, 2000.
Born March 31, 1912, in Exie, Ky., to Charlie Major and Lillie Beard McKinney, she married Roy D. Russell on Oct. 15, 1930, in Green County, Ky. He died April 18, 1982, in Peoria.
Four brothers and four sisters also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two sons, Willard 'Russ' (and Betty) and Max (and Majorie); one daughter, Margaret 'Geraldine' (and Dean) West; one brother, Orville (and Agnes) McKinney; and two sisters, Lola England and Violet (and Raymond) Judd.
She had worked for Peoria Apron and Towel and for Remmington Rand Power Co. in Illiopolis during World War II.
Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star - Nov. 28, 2000.
Family Members
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Sarah Lela McKinney England
1900–1993
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W. Wheeler McKinney
1902–1908
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Ruth Mae McKinney Myers
1904–1985
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Theodore Roosevelt McKinney
1906–1963
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Lincoln Augusta "Gus" McKinney
1908–1986
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William T. "Bill" McKinney
1910–1976
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Helen Christie McKinney
1914–1915
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Velma McKinney
1916–1937
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Violet M. "Polly" McKinney Judd
1919–2006
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Orval "Toby" McKinney
1924–2016
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