Katherine McKee 1880-1967

MCKEE

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 9/9/2021 at 07:20:51

October 19, 1967 - The Tipton Conservative

Last rites for Katherine E. (Kit) McKee, 86, will be held at 2 p.m. today (Oct. 19) at the Dye funeral home with the Rev. Cloy H. Miene of St. Mark's Lutheran church, Des Moines, officiating. Burial will be in the Tipton Masonic cemetery.

Pallbearers will be W. D., J. W., Bruce and Craig Willer and J. R. and Kevin Dolan. Honorary pallbearers are William Hobstetter, John Bolton, Richard Fields, A. S. Petersen, Edward W. Kemp and Dr. K. F. Pfiefle. Mrs. Irma Crawford is organist.

Miss McKee died Oct. 16 at Cedar Manor, following an illness of several months.

The daughter of Royer and Emma Landt McKee, she was born Nov. 6, 1880 in Tipton and spent her life in the community. She was graduated from Tipton high school and attended the Bardley school of engraving at Peoria, Ill. in 1897.

For many years she was associated with her father in the operation of the McKee Jewelry store in the east half of the building on 5th Street occupied by Gambles before it was torn down last year.

She was active in the social and civil life in Tipton and was secretary of the Tipton Woman's club for many years. She was a member of the Searchlight club and the Tipton Golf and country club.

As a girl she could remember playing on the scaffolding of the addition to the old Cedar county courthouse--for which she was spanked. Her death came only a short time after the courthouse was razed.

She is survived by a number of distant relatives and a large number of friends in the Tipton community.