Some of my Grandma Bruner's siblings married into the McKee family. Judy Chastain, do these names look familiar to you? Jan Lund >From: Alohawahine75@aol.com >Date: Mon Dec 19 15:25:33 CST 2005 >To: IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [IADECATU] Winfield Clark and Louise (Wiliams) McKee ~ anyone related to this family? >Hello and Merry Christmas to everyone, > >Is anyone on the list connected to this family? Please let me know. > >Thanks, Deborah > >Decatur County Journal-Iowa >Thursday, October 28, l920 > >WINFIELD CLARK MCKEE was born April 29th, l853, in Mercer County, Mo., and >died Sunday afternoon, October 24th, l920, aged 67 years, 5 months and 25 days. >On January 4, l880, he was married to LOUISE WILLIAMS and located in Clarke >County, Iowa, three miles north of Van Wert. One year later they moved to a farm >near DeKalb in Decatur County and later to Grand River, then to Van Wert and >finally to their present home near Crown, in l9ll, at which place MR. MCKEE >died after many years of patient suffering with the dreaded tuberculosis. > >About twenty-five years ago he was converted and united with the Christian >Church at Weldon where he retained his membership until death. He was a faithful >Christian and died rejoicing in the hope of meeting his father. MR. and MRS. >MCKEE are the parents of seven children, one of whom, LAURA FAIRALL, preceded >her father to glory, fourteen years ago. The other six children are NELLIE >SMITH, CLARENCE, MARY RAMSEY, GRACE JOHNSTON, ETHEL JOHNSTON and EDNA were >present at the bedside when the death angel summoned him. Besides these children, he >leaves his faithful wife, twelve grandchildren and many other relatives and >friends. > >Funeral services were conducted from the home Monday at l:00 p.m. by Bro. >Henry Esch, of Cainsville, Mo. Interment was in the family cemetery northwest of >Van Wert. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >CARD OF THANKS > >We wish to express our sincere appreciation of the many kindnesses and for >the sympathy and help of our neighbors and other friends during the illness and >death of our beloved husband and father. > >MRS. W.C. MCKEE and CHILDREN. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > > > > >==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== >Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, >Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429