Sam Sullivan McKee Sr.
1889 - 1968 (79 years)Person ID: I1053 | Tree: Marlys Jones - Brodd Family | Last Modified: 3 Jul 2018
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Name Sam Sullivan McKee Sr. Notes
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Funeral services were held at the Emerson Baptist church for S. S. McKee Sr., at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Wm. Van Antwerp in charge on Friday, Oct. 4, 1968.
Honorary pallbearers were Charles Lees, L. V. Bradley, Morris Evans, Harold Smith, Frank Durbin, Boyd Nuckols, John R. Lauritzen and Edward L. Lnughlin. Pall bearers were grandsons, Grant Shaw, Joseph McKee, Stanley Shaw, Russell McKee, Mark J. Parker, Daniel M. Shaw, Charles McKee, James B. Parker, Kenneth McKee, Samuel L. McKee and Ross Parker.
Music was furnished by Mrs. Edward Greenwood, organist and Frederick Larson, soloist. Mrs. Gilbert Carlson jr., Mrs. Alfred Anderson and Mrs. Francis Parker were in charge cf the floral offerings. Ushers were Ivan Durbin, Gordon Frink and Edward Greenwood.
Humanity Lodge No. 378, A. F. and A.M. were in charge of the graveside rites at the Emerson cemetery.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. McKee, he was born July 18, 1889, at Adrian, Mo., and passed away Oct. 1. 1968, at the Red Oak hospital after an illness of six weeks.
He had farmed in the Emerson area for more than 60 years. In 1911 he was married to Juilia E. Trued, who passed away in 1953, and in 1954 he was married to Lois Gauld, who
survives. Other survivors are four sons, Joseph J. and Vernon D., both of Emerson, LeRoy K. (Pat) and Samuel S. Jr.. both of Red Oak; three daughters, Mrs. Opal Shaw of Red Oak, Mrs. Lola Adkins of Des Moines and Mrs. Mildred Parker of Villisca: Two brothers, Stanley of Buller, Mo., and George of Amsterdam, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Faulkner of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs.Maude Warnick of Peru, III; 27 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
For many years Mr. McKce had been a leader in community affairs, he was honored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce in 1958 as a Pioneer Shipper. He served as a Director cf the Emerson State Bank for 20 years, and was a member of the First Baptist church, Humanity Lodge No. 378. AF & AM, and of the OES all of Emerson.
Malvern Leader, October 10, 1968
Birth 18 Jul 1889 Adrian, Bates County, Missouri 
Gender Male Died 1 Oct 1968 Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa Buried Emerson Cemetery, Emerson, Mills County, Iowa [1] -
Family
Wife Julia Elizabeth Trued (ID:I1014), b. 16 Oct 1891, Saunders County,Nebraska d. 2 Oct 1953, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska (Age 61 years) Marriage 11 Dec 1911 Children 1. Opal Elizabeth McKee (ID:I1059), b. 28 Oct 1912, Elliott, Montgomery County, Iowa d. 11 Jan 2007, Blair, Washington County, Nebraska (Age 94 years)2. Joseph John McKee (ID:I1060), b. 21 Mar 1914, Montgomery County, Iowa d. May 1979, Mills County, Iowa (Age 65 years)3. Living (ID:I1061) 4. Living (ID:I1062) 5. Vernon David McKee (ID:I1063), b. 9 Jul 1920, Montgomery County, Iowa d. 15 May 1998, Montgomery County, Iowa (Age 77 years)6. Living (ID:I1064) 7. Helen Marie McKee (ID:I1067), b. 20 Oct 1924 d. 20 Oct 1924 (Age 0 years) 8. Living (ID:I1065) 9. Samuel Sullivan McKee, Jr. (ID:I1066), b. 21 Aug 1928, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa d. 26 Jan 1999, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa (Age 70 years) -
Source Citations
- [S12593] Find A Grave.