A Life Remembered . . . |
| Dorothy
S. McKee March 25, 1906 -
October 9, 2003 |
Dorothy S. McKee age 97
of St John's Lutheran Care Center, Mars, Pennsylvania formerly of
Rural Valley, Armstrong County and Butler, Pennsylvania passed away
Thursday, October 9, 2003 at 4:50 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Care
Center.
Born in Rural Valley, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania on March 25,1906.
She was the daughter of the late Lewis Gilmore Shaeffer and Sabina
Geiger. Mrs. McKee was preceded in death by her husband John Vincent
"Red" McKee on February 24,1972.
Mrs. McKee along with her husband built, owned and managed the McKee
Motel on Rt. 422 West. Following the death of her husband Mrs. McKee
continued to manage the motel until 1983 when the motel was sold. She
had worked at the A&P Grocery Store for twenty-seven years previous to
building the McKee Motel.
Formerly a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Butler, Mrs. McKee moved
to Rural Valley and became a member of the Pleasant Valley Lutheran
Church in 1977. She returned to Butler in 1984. Mrs. McKee was a
member of the Maqueda Chapter #421 of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She was also a member of the Order of the Amaranth. In 1993 Mrs. McKee
moved to New Haven Court in Zelienople, Pennsylvania and in 1998 she
moved to St. John's Lutheran Care Center in Mars, Pennsylvania where
she resided until her death.
Mrs. McKee has no surviving family members. She was preceded in death
by two brothers and three sisters.
Friends of Dorothy S. McKee will be received at The Thompson-Miller
Funeral Home Inc. on Monday, October 13, 2003 from 2 to 4 p.m. Funeral
services will follow on Monday at 4:00 p.m. with the Reverend Randy
Gullickson and Reverend Patrick Maier Officiating. Interment will
follow in the Pleasant Union Cemetery Near Rural Valley, Pennsylvania. |
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