St. Clair County Obits

DEANNA MAE MCKINLEY

St. Clair County Courier
19 May 2006
DeAnna Mae McKinley, 101, Nevada, Mo., formerly of Butler, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006, at Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada. She was born September 15, 1904, to Matthew Harmon and Ellie D. Smith Williamson in Hobart, Okla.
DeAnna was one of eight children. The family moved to Ohio community in St. Clair County when she was four years old. She attended Potts Grade School and Apple City High School. As a young girl, she joined the Ohio Methodist Church. DeAnna married James Raymond McKinley on April 22, 1929, in Osceola. They lived in Kansas City for nine years before moving to Pleasant Gat in Bates County. In 1950 they moved to a Farm southeast of Butler until they retired and moved into Butler. They were married for 57 years before Raymond’s death on May 20, 1986. She has lived in Nevada since 1997.
DeAnna is survived by her son, Don McKinley and his wife, Nan of Coffeyville, Kan.; one sister, Masa Wix, Appleton City; five grandchildren, Greg Ernsbarger and his wife, Rene, Brent Ernsbarger and his wife, Deborah, Sherri Eador and her husband, Paul, Richard McKinley; two step grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Raymond, in 1986; one brother, Killough Williamson; and four sisters, Costa Weinell, Cleo McKinley, Bonnie Davis, Maggie Williamson and Velta Park.
Funeral Services were Saturday, May 13, at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler with Reverend Lester Thornton officiating.
Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, under the direction of Schowengerdt Funeral Home, Butler.
Memorials may be made to the Barone Care Center.