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Jerry Dean McKinney

1936 - 2014

Jerry Dean McKinney obituary, 1936-2014

BORN

1936

DIED

2014

Jerry McKinney Obituary

Jerry Dean
McKinney went
to be with the
Lord May 26,
2014. Jerry was
born to J.D.
McKinney and
Frankie Lee Miller
on December
25, 1936.
Jerry was a loving Husband,
Father, Grandfather
and friend to many. He will
be greatly missed and is
survived by his wife of 49
years Margaret Ann Watson
McKinney of Colorado.
Jerry and Margaret were
married on April 9th 1965.
Jerry is survived by their
two Children, Dean Robert
McKinney of Oklahoma
and Daughter Kenya Ann
Russell of Colorado. One of
Jerry's greatest joys in life
was spending time with his
surviving grandchildren:
Allison McKinney of Texas,
Taylor and Colton McKinney
of Oklahoma and Austin,
Kaylyn and Camden
Russell of Colorado.
Jerry graduated High
School in Tulsa, Oklahoma
in 1955. He continued his
education graduating from
the school of Architecture
at the University of Oklahoma.
He went on to work
and retire
from the
Department
of Health and
Human Services,
Public
Health Services
as an architect.
He spent his winters
in Norman,
Oklahoma and
the rest of the
year in Florissant,
Colorado.
He was a life-long
Fan of University of Oklahoma
sports and loved to
watch games with friends
and family. Jerry had many
great life stories and met
some very interesting
people on his journey, he
loved sharing these stories
with his Grandchildren.
Jerry's great stories, love
and infectious laugh will
be greatly missed by all
who knew him.
In lieu of flowers please
send any donations to the
Little Chapel of the hills
food pantry, TCRAS or
Mountain View Methodist
Church of Woodland Park,
CO.
The viewing will be held
Thursday May 29th 2014,
5pm-9pm at the Mountain
Memorial Funeral Home
located in Divide, Colorado.
The funeral service will
be held Friday May 30th
2014, 11am at Mountain
View Methodist Church
located in Woodland Park,
Colorado.
A graveside
ceremony will
follow located
at the Florissant
Cemetery.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Colorado Community Media from Jun. 4 to Jul. 3, 2014.

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