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Melvin Clark McKinley

Birth
Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Death
11 Mar 2000 (aged 87)
Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial
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Funeral services for Clark McKinley were held Mar. 15, 2000, at the Wolfe Funeral Home, Villisca, IA, with Pastor Albert Baker officiating. Burial was in the Villisca Cemetery.

Clark McKinley was born April 2, 1912, in Villisca, IA, to James and Eva (Lawson) McKinley. He died Mar. 11, 2000 at his home.

He married Maggie Wainwright in 1929. In 1945, he married Mary Kimel. He was a coal digger for 30 years, starting mining when he was 12, earning his own room at the age of 14.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mary, brothers Bernell, Wayne and Dale.

He is survived by daughter, Eva Ellis and husband Frank of Clarinda, IA; granddaughter Lori Perdew of Ames, IA; great granddaughters Allison and McKenzie Perdew, both of Ames, IA. Also brother Merl McKinley and wife Floris of Villisca; step-children Hallen Mattson, Doris Neiters and Mabel Mings, all of Grove, OK; and special friend Lorena Oltmanns of Villisca, IA.



Villisca Review: Mar. 16, 2000 Page 14
Funeral services for Clark McKinley were held Mar. 15, 2000, at the Wolfe Funeral Home, Villisca, IA, with Pastor Albert Baker officiating. Burial was in the Villisca Cemetery.

Clark McKinley was born April 2, 1912, in Villisca, IA, to James and Eva (Lawson) McKinley. He died Mar. 11, 2000 at his home.

He married Maggie Wainwright in 1929. In 1945, he married Mary Kimel. He was a coal digger for 30 years, starting mining when he was 12, earning his own room at the age of 14.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mary, brothers Bernell, Wayne and Dale.

He is survived by daughter, Eva Ellis and husband Frank of Clarinda, IA; granddaughter Lori Perdew of Ames, IA; great granddaughters Allison and McKenzie Perdew, both of Ames, IA. Also brother Merl McKinley and wife Floris of Villisca; step-children Hallen Mattson, Doris Neiters and Mabel Mings, all of Grove, OK; and special friend Lorena Oltmanns of Villisca, IA.



Villisca Review: Mar. 16, 2000 Page 14


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