Raymond D. McKee (1977)

BLOMQUIST, DUFF, LYDON, MCKEE, MESSINGER

Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:24

The Stuart Herald
Stuart, Iowa
Thursday, July 7, 1977
Page 1, Column 5

Services for Local Barber

Services were held Tuesday for Raymond McKee, local barber and former city official, who died July 1 at the Veterans Hospital, in Des Moines.

McKee, who was 57, served on the Stuart Municipal Utilities Board for about six years. He was chairman of the board for two of those years; his term with the board expired last winter.

McKee was also a barber in Stuart for 22 years. He attended barber school in Omaha in 1951 and first owned a barbershop in Menlo for several years before moving his business to Stuart.

McKee was born December 11, 1919, in Earlham. His parents were Josephine Duff and David Raymond McKee.

He lived and attended school in Earlham, Oakland and Stuart and served in the U.S. Army during World War II, spending 36 months in the South Pacific.

On August 11, 1942 he was united in marriage to Mary Jane Lydon, and four children were born to this union.

Preceding him in death were his parents and an infant grandson. Surviving are his wife Mary Jane, and their four children: David R. McKee and wife, Karen, of Bellefontaine, Ohio; Diane Messinger and husband Howard, of Casey, Iowa; Debbie Blomquist and husband, Steve, of Kansas City, Missouri, and Dan McKee and wife, Sharon, of Norfolk, Nebraska, five grandchildren, two brothers, Thaine of Atascadero, California and Kenneth, of Des Moines, Iowa, other relatives and friends.

Due to the remodeling of the All Saints Church, the funeral mass was held at the United Methodist Church in Stuart, with Rev. Joseph Ryan officiating on Tuesday, July 5, 1977.

Organ music was provided by Mrs. Robert Griffin. Mass servers were Bob and Mark Tisl and Jeff Marnin. David Tisl served as reader and ushers were D. E. Belgard and Pat Marnin.

Casket bearers were Carl Strauser, Bill Simcoke, Francis Wagner, Henry Saxen, Frank Meyer and Clair Marnin.

Interment was in Calvary Cemetery in Stuart, and professional arrangements were made by the Link Funeral Home, Stuart.

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