Obituaries: Gilda Hope McKinney
Oct. 29, 1921 – Feb. 12, 2008
Gilda Hope McKinney, 86, of John Day, died at Blue Mountain Hospital Feb. 12. A Celebration of Life was held Monday, Feb. 18, at First Christian Church with Pastor Duane Cheadle officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 29, 1921, in Mt. Vernon, to Irwin Lee and Selma Anna (McKern) DeVine. She graduated high school in Mt. Vernon. She was married twice, first to Bob Ross, and then to Harriman McKinney, who died in 1975. She worked as a lumber resource clerk for Malheur National Forest, retiring in 1992. She also worked for the power company, as a waitress at the Wagon Wheel Cafe and picked fruit for Thomas Orchards.
She loved hunting, fishing, creating wedding cakes, gardening, picking buttercups, mushrooms and huckleberries, and taking autumn rides. She raised lambs, rabbits, chickens and steers on her beloved home just west of Mt. Vernon. She also ran a boarding house where she raised several children.
She loved to bowl and was a tournament champion of her league. She also enjoyed watching "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy." She liked to play bingo and looked forward to the senior bus trips to Winnemucca and the long-awaited trip to Las Vegas, Nev. She also loved her cat Teaks.
She was a member of the Mt. Chapel Church and a proud state level Grange member, representing the Mt. Vernon Grange #659. She held many offices in the grange and was a lifetime member. She was honored with the "Homemaker of the Year" award by the Grant County Fair in 2002. She believed in keeping small school values and was a crusader for disability awareness. She was a breast cancer survivor who was strong beyond belief. She raised a handicapped child in a public school and watched her graduate with honors.
Mrs. McKinney was preceded in death by her brother, Marvin Dee; her two sons, Shane Lee and Mackie Dee; her husbands, Bob Ross and Harriman "Mac" McKinney; and several uncles, aunts and cousins.
She is survived by her daughters, Linda Kay Cloud, Texas, and Stacey Ann McKinney, Prairie City; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gilda Hope McKinney Memorial Fund through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
Oct. 29, 1921 – Feb. 12, 2008
Gilda Hope McKinney, 86, of John Day, died at Blue Mountain Hospital Feb. 12. A Celebration of Life was held Monday, Feb. 18, at First Christian Church with Pastor Duane Cheadle officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 29, 1921, in Mt. Vernon, to Irwin Lee and Selma Anna (McKern) DeVine. She graduated high school in Mt. Vernon. She was married twice, first to Bob Ross, and then to Harriman McKinney, who died in 1975. She worked as a lumber resource clerk for Malheur National Forest, retiring in 1992. She also worked for the power company, as a waitress at the Wagon Wheel Cafe and picked fruit for Thomas Orchards.
She loved hunting, fishing, creating wedding cakes, gardening, picking buttercups, mushrooms and huckleberries, and taking autumn rides. She raised lambs, rabbits, chickens and steers on her beloved home just west of Mt. Vernon. She also ran a boarding house where she raised several children.
She loved to bowl and was a tournament champion of her league. She also enjoyed watching "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy." She liked to play bingo and looked forward to the senior bus trips to Winnemucca and the long-awaited trip to Las Vegas, Nev. She also loved her cat Teaks.
She was a member of the Mt. Chapel Church and a proud state level Grange member, representing the Mt. Vernon Grange #659. She held many offices in the grange and was a lifetime member. She was honored with the "Homemaker of the Year" award by the Grant County Fair in 2002. She believed in keeping small school values and was a crusader for disability awareness. She was a breast cancer survivor who was strong beyond belief. She raised a handicapped child in a public school and watched her graduate with honors.
Mrs. McKinney was preceded in death by her brother, Marvin Dee; her two sons, Shane Lee and Mackie Dee; her husbands, Bob Ross and Harriman "Mac" McKinney; and several uncles, aunts and cousins.
She is survived by her daughters, Linda Kay Cloud, Texas, and Stacey Ann McKinney, Prairie City; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gilda Hope McKinney Memorial Fund through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
Obituaries: Gilda Hope McKinney
Oct. 29, 1921 – Feb. 12, 2008
Gilda Hope McKinney, 86, of John Day, died at Blue Mountain Hospital Feb. 12. A Celebration of Life was held Monday, Feb. 18, at First Christian Church with Pastor Duane Cheadle officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 29, 1921, in Mt. Vernon, to Irwin Lee and Selma Anna (McKern) DeVine. She graduated high school in Mt. Vernon. She was married twice, first to Bob Ross, and then to Harriman McKinney, who died in 1975. She worked as a lumber resource clerk for Malheur National Forest, retiring in 1992. She also worked for the power company, as a waitress at the Wagon Wheel Cafe and picked fruit for Thomas Orchards.
She loved hunting, fishing, creating wedding cakes, gardening, picking buttercups, mushrooms and huckleberries, and taking autumn rides. She raised lambs, rabbits, chickens and steers on her beloved home just west of Mt. Vernon. She also ran a boarding house where she raised several children.
She loved to bowl and was a tournament champion of her league. She also enjoyed watching "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy." She liked to play bingo and looked forward to the senior bus trips to Winnemucca and the long-awaited trip to Las Vegas, Nev. She also loved her cat Teaks.
She was a member of the Mt. Chapel Church and a proud state level Grange member, representing the Mt. Vernon Grange #659. She held many offices in the grange and was a lifetime member. She was honored with the "Homemaker of the Year" award by the Grant County Fair in 2002. She believed in keeping small school values and was a crusader for disability awareness. She was a breast cancer survivor who was strong beyond belief. She raised a handicapped child in a public school and watched her graduate with honors.
Mrs. McKinney was preceded in death by her brother, Marvin Dee; her two sons, Shane Lee and Mackie Dee; her husbands, Bob Ross and Harriman "Mac" McKinney; and several uncles, aunts and cousins.
She is survived by her daughters, Linda Kay Cloud, Texas, and Stacey Ann McKinney, Prairie City; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gilda Hope McKinney Memorial Fund through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
Oct. 29, 1921 – Feb. 12, 2008
Gilda Hope McKinney, 86, of John Day, died at Blue Mountain Hospital Feb. 12. A Celebration of Life was held Monday, Feb. 18, at First Christian Church with Pastor Duane Cheadle officiating. Interment was at Canyon City Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 29, 1921, in Mt. Vernon, to Irwin Lee and Selma Anna (McKern) DeVine. She graduated high school in Mt. Vernon. She was married twice, first to Bob Ross, and then to Harriman McKinney, who died in 1975. She worked as a lumber resource clerk for Malheur National Forest, retiring in 1992. She also worked for the power company, as a waitress at the Wagon Wheel Cafe and picked fruit for Thomas Orchards.
She loved hunting, fishing, creating wedding cakes, gardening, picking buttercups, mushrooms and huckleberries, and taking autumn rides. She raised lambs, rabbits, chickens and steers on her beloved home just west of Mt. Vernon. She also ran a boarding house where she raised several children.
She loved to bowl and was a tournament champion of her league. She also enjoyed watching "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy." She liked to play bingo and looked forward to the senior bus trips to Winnemucca and the long-awaited trip to Las Vegas, Nev. She also loved her cat Teaks.
She was a member of the Mt. Chapel Church and a proud state level Grange member, representing the Mt. Vernon Grange #659. She held many offices in the grange and was a lifetime member. She was honored with the "Homemaker of the Year" award by the Grant County Fair in 2002. She believed in keeping small school values and was a crusader for disability awareness. She was a breast cancer survivor who was strong beyond belief. She raised a handicapped child in a public school and watched her graduate with honors.
Mrs. McKinney was preceded in death by her brother, Marvin Dee; her two sons, Shane Lee and Mackie Dee; her husbands, Bob Ross and Harriman "Mac" McKinney; and several uncles, aunts and cousins.
She is survived by her daughters, Linda Kay Cloud, Texas, and Stacey Ann McKinney, Prairie City; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gilda Hope McKinney Memorial Fund through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. (Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon)
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