Joseph John McKee
1914 - 1979 (65 years)Person ID: I1060 | Tree: Marlys Jones - Brodd Family | Last Modified: 3 Jul 2018
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Name Joseph John McKee Notes
THE TRUED FAMILY IN THE U.S.A.
JOSEPH JOHN: b. March 21, 1914. Married Mildred Larson Jan 31, 1942 and they are farmers. They are members of the Baptist church and have the following children: Joseph E., b. Nov. 8, 1942; Lana K., b. March 13, 1945; John Kenneth, b. Dec. 20, 1947; Dona Kay, b. Dec. 21, 1949.
S. Clarence Trued, Author - Published 1953
FIND A GRAVE
Final Rites Held In Red Oak For Joseph J. McKee
Funeral services for Joseph John McKee of Emerson were held Monday, May 7, 1979, at 2 p.m., at the Grace Baptist church in Red Oak, Pastor Francis Henderson officiated.
Mrs. Myron Kempton was organist, and accompanied Paul Osmanson as he sang "How Great Thou Art," "In The Garden" and "The Lord's Prayer." Mrs. Vincent Good was at the registry book, and flower ladies were Mrs. Harold Rolf, Mrs. Melvin Stoldorf, Mrs. Lloyd Bowen and Mrs. Wayne Spicer. Ushers were George Miller, Lloyd Bowen, Dr. James Ahern and Russell Smith. Honorary pallbearers were Vincent Good, Gayle Durbin, Harold Rolf. Lester R. Anderson, Leonard Fosiel., V.Winfield S. Mayne, Phillip Armknecht, William J. Scherle, Fred Welsch, Victor McCall and Forrest Gillespie. Honorary bearers were Melvin Stoldorf, Ed Laughlin, Glen Olsen, Jerry Vrba, Ray Lasley and Bill Donovan.
Interment was in the Emerson cemetery with Military graveside rites by Levi Burton Post No. 575 of The American Legion. Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The following life sketch was read:
Joseph John McKee was born March 21, 1914, in Montgomery County to Sam and Julie McKee, who preceded him
in death. He was also preceded by a sister, Helen, in infancy, and an older brother, Joe. He attended high school in Emerson and married Hildred Larsen on Jan 31, 1942 in Cushing, Ne. He entered into the armed forces and serviced overseas in the Japanese Theatre in World War II, earning several medals for meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty. He returned to Red Oak after the war and engaged in farming in the Wales and Villisca vicinities. In 1961 he moved his family to Emerson where he concentrated his efforts on his farming and livestock enterprises until his death.
He is survived by his wife; by two sons, Joseph Eugene and his wife Suzy, Sheldon, and John Kenneth and his wife Pat,
Emerson; two daughters, Lana Kay Brown, Malvern, and Dana Kay Wellhausen and her busband Keith of Clarinda; eight
grandchildren; stepmother, Mrs. S.S. McKee, Red Oak, brothers and sisters, Opal Wendt, Brooklyn, Wise.; L.K. (Pat) McKee and Sam McKee, Jr., both of Red Oak, Vernon McKee, Emerson, Lola Adkins, Des Moines and Mildred Parker, Villisca, other relatives and friends
Malvern Leader, May 10, 1979
Birth 21 Mar 1914 Montgomery County, Iowa 
Gender Male Died May 1979 Mills County, Iowa Buried Emerson Cemetery, Emerson, Mills County, Iowa [1] -
Parents
Father Sam Sullivan McKee Sr. (ID:I1053), b. 18 Jul 1889, Adrian, Bates County, Missouri d. 1 Oct 1968, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa (Age 79 years) Mother 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 (Siblings) 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) -
Family
Wife Mildred Ingelborg Larsen (ID:I1068), b. 11 Aug 1917, Howard County, Nebraska d. 25 Feb 2007, Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa (Age 89 years) Marriage 31 Jan 1942 Children 1. Living (ID:I1075) 2. Lana K McKee (ID:I1076), b. 13 Mar 1945, Saint Paul, Howard County, Nebraska d. 23 Oct 2005, Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas (Age 60 years)3. Living (ID:I1077) 4. Living (ID:I1078) -
Source Citations
- [S12593] Find A Grave.