McKEE, Willis C.: Died 1941

MCKEE, LAWSON, SIMPSON, KIRKHART

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 6/12/2016 at 09:09:19

Willis McKee, 63, of Fairfield Dies

Former Van Buren Resident Leaves 2 Sons, Daughter, 5 Grandchildren, Brothers, Sisters

From Tuesday's Republican Eagle

Willis C. McKee of Fairfield, who was born in Van Buren county, November 27, 1877, died at the Jefferson county hospital Thursday after being ill less than a week. His wife died October 9, 1933.

Surviving are two sons, Glenn of Fairfield and Earl of Brookfield, Mo., a daughter, Helen, of Kansas City, Mo.; five grandchildren; four brothers, G.T. and John of Fairfield, and William and Grant of Birmingham, and five sisters, Dr. Jennie McKee of Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Zetta Lawson, Mrs. Eliza Simpson and Mrs. James Lawson of Birmingham and Mrs. Pearl Kirkhart of Libertyville.

Funeral services were conducted at the Hoskins funeral home in Fairfield at 2 o'clock Saturday afternon(sp) by the Rev. M.A. Grable. Burial was at Evergreen cemetery at Fairfield.

**Handwritten: Co. Reg. 6 Nov. 1941

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, Page 17, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA