Zelma M. George
1912 - 2002 (89 years)
Generation: 1
1. Zelma M. George was born on 25 Jul 1912 in Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois; died on 22 Jun 2002 in Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. Notes:
Born July 25, 1912, in Kewanee, Ill., she was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Nahra George. On March 12, 1938, she married John McKee in Burlington. He died Dec. 8, 1971.
Mrs. McKee was a homemaker and helped on the farm in the Wapello/Morning Sun area until they moved to Morning Sun, where she later worked as a certified nurse's assistant at Morning Sun Care Center and did private home care.
She was a graduate of Galva High School in Galva, Ill., and was of the Methodist faith.
Survivors include two daughters, Peggy Wolf of Letts and Mary Frances Cross of Wapello; two sons, John Henry McKee Jr. of Citrus Springs, Fla., and Bill McKee of Hotchkiss, Colo.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Neseab George of Crown Point, Ind.; and one sister, Pearl Egnor of Galva.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and three sisters.
There will be no visitation.
Following cremation, a private family graveside service for Mrs. McKee will be in Elmwood Cemetery in Morning Sun at a later date.
Memorials have been established for Louisa County Home Care and Morning Sun Community Ambulance Service.
Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Morning Sun is in charge of arrangements.
June 24, 2005 | Hawk Eye, The (Burlington, IA)Author/Byline: The Hawk Eye | Page: A1 | Section: Obituaries
Contributor: Little Junior (48688943)
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M. S. Township Trustee 2nd addition, Lot 87BZelma married John Henry McKee on 12 Mar 1938 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. John (son of Jerome Alexander McKee and Sarah Margaret Walkinshaw) was born on 10 Feb 1907 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 8 Dec 1971 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]