Allan McKinley

Allan Hugh McKinley NORFOLK - Allan Hugh McKinley, 86, of the 400 block of College Place, died Thursday, June 17, 2010, in his residence. He was a native of Paarl, South Africa, the son of the late Rev. Alan Robertson McKinley and Florence Edith Wells McKinley. He graduated with honors from Bowdoin College, Class of 1950, and was a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity. Mr. McKinley retired as director of corporate properties with State Farm Insurance Company after 26 years of employment. Called to active duty in 1943 during World War II, he served his country in the U.S. Navy as an aviator. He was a member of Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, Norfolk Boat Club, The Virginia Symphony Guild, Virginia Opera Guild, and the Chrysler Museum Masterpiece Society. Mr. McKinley was predeceased by his first wife, Joan Johnson McKinley; his brother, Gordon Wells McKinley; and sister, Marguerite Lothian Dulos. Survivors include his daughters, Carol McKinley Dudley and her husband Lee of Norfolk, Alison McKinley Goss and her husband Paul of Salinas, Calif.; his son, Andrew Robertson McKinley and wife Carmen of White Fish Bay, Wis.; and his sister, Ruth McKinley Mondt of Walnut, Calif. He was much loved and respected by the children of his present wife, Jean Ritter Winslow McKinley: William McClellan Ritter III and his wife Carol of Kitty Hawk, N.C., John Ernest Ritter and his wife Kim Hendricks of Houston, David Winslow Ritter of Holly Lake Ranch, Texas, Mary Breese Ritter Spruill of Virginia Beach and Julian Emmett Winslow III of Charleston, S.C. Mr. McKinley is also survived by his grandchildren: Andrea Leigh McKinley, Allison Carole McKinley, Kacy Alys Ritter, Jason Perry Ritter, Kyle McClellan Spruill, Maxwell Ritter Spruill, Charlotte Leigh Spruill, Hannah Breese Spruill, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. The family would like to offer special thanks to Mr. McKinley's loving caregivers Ruby Brown, Rita Lawson, Cora Holman and Ginny Gibbs, as well as the staff of Sentara Home Care/Hospice. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, in Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church followed by a reception in the Parish House. Interment will be in the church columbarium. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Jean Outland Chrysler Library, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk. Online condolences may be sent to the family at hdoliver.com.