Ida Elizabeth (Smith) McKinney (1873-1947)

SMITH, MCKINNEY, HANEY, TUCKER, NAGLE, HANDSAKER, GENTRY

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:11

From Nevada Evening Journal May 21, 1947 (page 4)

Mrs. R. B. McKinney Laid to Rest In Colo Cemetery

Funeral services for Mrs. R. B. McKinney, who passed away at the home of her son Roscoe, near Nevada, Monday, May 12 at 2:30 were conducted Thursday afternoon with a short prayer service at the home of her son Vernon, south of Colo at 1:30 and 2:00 at the church Rev. Alfred Schneck, pastor officiating.

The many beautiful flora offerings which expressed the high regard in which Mrs. McKinney was held was arranged by Mrs. Clyde Knudson, Mrs. Floyd Oswalt and Mrs. Ray Riddlesbarger.

Music rendered by Chas. Lehman who sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." Mrs. Curt Marsh and Mrs. Paul Henry sang "In the Garden" and Mrs. Lloyd Lounsberry and Mrs. Forest Horner sand "Jesus Lover of My Soul." Mrs. N. H. Brinkman was at the piano.

The pall bearers were Floyd Oswalt, Lawrence McCubben, Claud Dickinson, Frank Pouden, Harvey Upchurch and Herbert Campbell.

Interment was in the family lot in the Colo cemetery beside her husband.

The following obituary was read by Rev. Schneck:

Ida Elizabeth McKinney was born April 20, 1873 at Houston, Ne--- and passed away May 12, 1947 at 2:15 p. m. at the age of 74 years and 22 days. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith. Ida Smith married Robert B. McKinney Dec. 25, 1892. They lived on a farm in Texas County, Missouri, later moving to a farm in Marshall County, Iowa where they lived until 1926 at which time they moved and reared their family in the Colo community. Mrs. McKinney being a member of the Dalton Community Aid for many years, or until her passing.

Her husband preceded her in death on Nov. 25, 1944, also a daughter Daisy, age 2, in 1905. Her mother passed away on the same day 27 years before, a brother Henry Smith, sisters, Etta Haney and Grace Smith. Children surviving her are Virgil H. McKinney of Colo, Mrs. Frank Tucker of Clemons, Mrs. C. A. Nagle of Parsons, Kansas; Miss Gladys McKinney, teacher at Cedar Fall, Vester R. McKinney of Wichata, Kansas, Mrs. T. L. Handsaker, Victor J. McKinney and Vernon B. McKinney of Nevada, also 11 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Mrs. McKinney is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Stella Haney of Carlsbad, New Mexico and Mr. Bertha Gentry of Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. McKinney was a member of the First Baptist church at Houston, Mo. since childhood.

"The loved and loving sister, mother and friend died when womanhood's noon shadows began to fail to the East. This brave and tender woman in every storm of life was oak and rock, but in sunshine she was vine and flower. She was the friend of all heroic souls she climbed the heights and left superstition far below, while on her forehead fell the golden dawning of a new day. She loved the beautiful, and all that was good in life, she sided with the weak, the wronged. From the voiceless lips of the unreplying dead there comes no word, but in the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustling of a wing.

"She was thrifty, and understanding mother whose interest was in her children. Her closest friends have never known her to speak except kindly of anyone. This is indeed a rare tribute, and a real test of a true christian life. Her God, was the God of all creation, and the God of love."

From A Distance

Relatives and friends attending from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Churchill Gentry, Robert and Elbert Gentry and Mrs. Gordon Eckhart of Kansas City, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Addison, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Campbell, Rhodes; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rowden, Mr. Frank Davis, Mrs. Marranne McKelvey, Mrs. C. F. Everist, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nelson of Slemons; Mr. Lawrence McCubbins, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Bryngdson, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Olson and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bryngdson, Mrs.. W. A. Jones and Mrs. C. J. Ellery, Mrs. Henry Wilgus of Marshalltown;

Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Parmenter and Mr. and Mrs. Russell McKinney of Conrad; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hartman, Mrs. May Hartman and Mr. Gene Hartman of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Gilreath, Radcliff, Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Teig, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Teig, Mrs. Orris Osheim of Roland; Mr. and Mrs. Mons Teig of Jewell and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rattenborg, Mr. Hans Rattenborg and Mrs. Anna Wilson of Atlantic.