Evelyn Grace McKeown
1920 - 2014 (93 years)
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Name Evelyn Grace McKeown Born 1 Dec 1920 Newport Township, Louisa County, Iowa 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 23 Feb 2014 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2] Buried Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125537421/evelyn-grace-thompson
Mehaffy Section S, Lot 088
Person ID I404 McKeown Last Modified 26 Jul 2023
Father Chester Alan McKeown, b. 9 Nov 1898, Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma , d. 25 Nov 1952, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 54 years) Mother Minnie Clara Wunnenberg, b. 14 Oct 1898, Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 30 Oct 1972, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 74 years) Married 14 Jan 1920 Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa [3] Family ID F31 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Robert Kenneth Thompson, b. 22 Sep 1917, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 30 Sep 2003, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 86 years) Married 1 Jan 1941 Northfield, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2] Children 1. Alan Thompson, b. 7 Aug 1943, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 3 Dec 2012, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansa (Age 69 years)Last Modified 26 Jul 2023 Family ID F146 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 1 Dec 1920 - Newport Township, Louisa County, Iowa 
Married - 1 Jan 1941 - Northfield, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Died - 23 Feb 2014 - Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Buried - - Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Headstones 
Thompson, Kenneth and Evelyn McKeown 
Thompson, Evelyn McKeown 
Thompson, Kenneth and Evelyn McKeown
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Notes - The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa. 25 February 2014.
Evelyn Grace Thompson, 93, of Burlington died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. Born Dec. 1, 1920, at home near Newport, she was the daughter of Chester Alan and Minnie Clara Wunnenberg McKeown. On Jan. 1, 1941, she married Kenneth "Ken" Thompson in Northfield, and he died Sept. 30, 2003.
Mrs. Thompson and her husband farmed and raised their family in Northfield. They sold the farm and traveled and volunteered with group homes for youth in Iowa and Texas.
She graduated in Mediapolis High School and Burlington Business College, was a member of First United Presbyterian Church in Mediapolis and attended Heritage Baptist Church in Burlington. She was a member of several Bible study groups.
Survivors include one son, Lee Thompson of Burlington; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and two nieces.
Besides her husband, she was precede in death by one son and one sister.
The funeral for Mrs. Thompson will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis, with the Rev. Deb Kinney officiating, and family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. before the service. Burial will be in Kossuth Cemetery, rural Mediapolis, and a lunch gathering will follow at Apron Strings in Mediapolis.
A memorial has been established for Mediapolis Public Library.
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- The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa. 25 February 2014.
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