OBITUARY: Effie (Shoger) McKee 1905-1968, Mitchell County, Iowa



                         Effie Shoger McKee

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for a rural Orchard woman,
Mrs. Alvin McKee, 63, who died Thursday at Mitchell County Memorial
Hospital. Mrs. McKee had been in failing health for several months.

The Rev. Donald Berg, pastor, was in charge of the services at Rock Creek
Lutheran Church and arrangements were by C.R. Champion & Sons. Burial was
at the Rock Creek cemetery.

Effie Irene Shoger was born July 20, 1905 in Cedar township, Mitchell
county, the daughter of Cornelius and Nettie Johanson Shoger. She was
baptized and confirmed at Rock Creek Lutheran church and remained a
member all her life. She attended the rural schools of the county. She
was also active in the woman's circles of the Rock Creek Lutheran church.
Alvin Joseph McKee and Effie Shoger were married Nov. 5, 1924 and lived
all their married life in Mitchell and Floyd counties.

Her father, Cornelius Shoger and her brother, Clifford, preceded her in
death.

Surviving are her husband, Alvin of Orchard; her mother, Nettie Shoger
of Osage; three children, Verle McKee of Orchard, Mrs. Arthur Altick
(Audrey) and Mrs. Stanley Krones (Phyllis) of Osage, 11 grandchildren,
two great grandchildren, two brothers James Shoger of Nora Springs and
Fred Shoger of Osage.



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