Dorothy Lee McKinney
1917 - 1999 (81 years)
Generation: 1
1. Dorothy Lee McKinney was born on 5 Dec 1917 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; died on 6 Jun 1999 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana; was buried in Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Notes:
Dorothy L. Cockrill, 81, of Lafayette, died at 1:06 AM Sunday, June 6, 1999, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Born Dec. 5, 1917, in Terre Haute, she attended schools there. She moved to Lafayette in 1976 from Attica. She married Clyde L. Cockrill on Dec. 23, 1978, in Attica. He died on June 15, 1995. Mrs. Cockrill was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul Community Church.
Surviving are four sons, Charles Hollers of St. Joseph, IL; William Greer of Rantoul, IL; Robert Lincoln of Urbana, IL; and Richard Gilkison of Lafayette; a daughter, Rosemary (Mrs. Melvin) Horn of Lafayette; 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, one step-great-grandchild, and a great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Service June 9, Richards-Loy and Wheeler Funeral Home, Dr. Clayton Kendall officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 6/8/1999
Buried:
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Garden of Veterans, Lot 26, Grave CFamily/Spouse: David Lawrence Gilkison. David (son of Thaddeus Morton Gilkison and Verba Jane Hylbert) was born on 23 Nov 1925 in Illinois; died on 25 May 1973; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]