Eveyln Louise Winnike
1930 - 2005 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Eveyln Louise Winnike was born on 1 Feb 1930 in West Point, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 15 May 2005; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Notes:
Evelyn L. McKeown, 75, of Sioux City died Sunday, May 15, 2005, at her residence.
Memorial services will be 9 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with the Rev. Clair L. Boes of St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Sibley, Iowa, officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, with a parish vigil service at 7:30 p.m., at Larkin Northside Funeral Home.
Evie was born Feb. 1, 1930, in West Point, Iowa, to Clem and Agnes Winnike. She lived with her family on a farm near West Point until the age of 18. After she graduated from high school, she moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where she met her dear husband, Roger McKeown.
They married June 15, 1951. From this marriage came three children. In 1972, she started a successful career for the Sioux City School System. She started at Central High School, then moved to North High School. At North High, she was the secretary to the student counselors. In 1992, she retired from North High and started her second career, traveling and being a grandmother.
In her retirement years, she traveled many places throughout the world. But her favorite place was Sioux City.
She is survived by her children, Christine McKeown and Kenny Ludwig, Tracy McKeown and Patrick and Leatha McKeown; grandchildren, Claire and Tilly; her siblings, Marcy McKinley, Genny Winnike, Ceny Gintz, Ray and Mary Winnike, Lee Winnike and Mary and Bill Cosselman; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roger; her parents, Clem and Agnes Winnike; and a sister, Clemy Beavers.
Evie, we will all miss you!
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92143528/evelyn-louise-mckeownEveyln married Roger William McKeown on 15 Jun 1951 in West Point, Lee County, Iowa. Roger (son of William Stanley McKeown and Reva Estella Davis) was born on 26 Jun 1928 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 2 Sep 1990 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Christine Lynne “Chris” McKeown was born on 6 Jun 1952 in Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa; died on 23 Jun 2021 in Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa; was cremated in location of ashes unknown.