Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....McKinney, John Robert 1953
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Independent Enterprise 9-10-1953
Independent Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, September 10, 1953
 
J. R. McKinney Dies In Boise
 
Long Public Career Ends For Man Who Served As Leader
 
Death ended a distinguished and colorful career yesterday for John Robert 
McKinney, 78, a resident of Payette county for the past 47 years and a former 
city, county and state official.  He died in a Boise hospital.
 
Mr. McKinney was elected a county commissioner in 1940.  In 1941 he was chosen 
to serve as chairman of the county board after the death of C. P. Rhodes.  He 
continued as chairman of the commissioners until he resigned in May of 1949 to 
accept a state position.
 
In 1949 and 1950 he was commissioner of public works in Idaho and he served in 
1951 and 1952 as state commissioner of highways.  His long public career also 
included terms as representative to the state legislature and as a member of 
the Payette city council and the school board.
 
It was largely due to the efforts of Mr. McKinney that new bridges were built 
recently at Payette and Weiser spanning the Snake river.
 
In observance of his passing all Payette county offices will be closed 
Saturday morning during funeral services.  The rites begin at 10 a.m. at the 
St. James Episcopal church with interment following in Riverside cemetery in 
Payette under the direction of the Shaffer Memory chapel.
 
In addition to his many official duties, Mr. McKinney had been a successful 
farmer and businessman in the Payette area.  He was a member of the 
Presbyterian church and Washoe Lodge No. 28 AF & AM.
 
He was born Jan. 14, 1875 at Blue Mound, Ill., and moved to this district in 
1906 from Wyoming.
 
His survivors include one son, Robert McKinney of Payette, two grandchildren, 
Kathleen and John Robert McKinney III, both of Payette, and a sister, Mrs. A. 
N. Corrington of Normal, Ill.

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