William K. McKinney
May 1, 1882-July 15, 1955
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Friday, July 15, 1955, page 2, col 3, microfilm Niles District Library
William K. McKinney, 73, of 2331 East Main Street, died at 7:15 a.m. Today enroute to Pawating Hospital in an ambulance.
McKinney was born May 1, 1882, in Newtonarrda, Ireland, and came to Niles about 37 years ago from Chicago. He was manager of the Beebe Farms, and a member of the St. Joseph Valley Lodge No. 4 F. and A.M.
Surviving are a son, Earl Worrell, of Niles; three daughters, Mrs. C.C. Ridinger, of Brownsville, Ore., Mrs. . . .[illegible] grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. D.R. Baird, of Evanston, Ill., and Mrs. Amelia Hanna, of London, England, and a brother, Walter McKinney, of Belfast, Ireland.
The body is at the Kiger Funeral Home where arrangements are incomplete.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Michigan), Saturday, July 16, 1955, page 2, col 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Kiger Funeral Home here for William K. McKinney, 73, of 2331 East Main Street, who died Friday. The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will officiate and burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Masonic rites will be conducted at the graveside. McKinney is also survived by . .