Posted: 8:02 AM - Sep 22, 2006
Printed in the Wilmington News Journal on 20 September 2006
Wilbur E. McKay, 82, of Wilmington, died Monday (Sept. 18, 2006) at the Otterbein Transitional Care Unit in Lebanon. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ada Atkinson McKay.
Mr. McKay was born on the family farm on New Burlington Road, Chester Township, Clinton County, son of the late Albert E. and Ada Mills McKay. He farmed on the family farm for his entire life. He was a board member for Clinton Landmark Inc. for 25 years and served as president for 10 years. He was a board member for Federal Land Bank, Production Credit Association, Farm Credit and Clinton County Farm Bureau. He was a member of the New Burlington Masonic Lodge 574 and the New Burlington Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years. He was a lifelong member of the Sharon United Methodist Church.
He is survived by five children, Priscilla (Roger) Vaughan, David McKay, Thomas (Debbie) McKay, Steven (Roseanne) McKay and Roger (Gayla) McKay, all of Wilmington; eight grandchildren, Bryan Dale Vaughan, David Dale McKay, Sarah McKay, Benjamin McKay, Albert Spencer McKay, Roger Thomas McKay, Melissa Ellis and Wayne McKay; 10 great-grandchildren, Alexandria Vaughan, Cameron Vaughan, Bryson McKay, Caden McKay, Michael McKay, Adeline McKay, Marci Ellis, Kaitlin Osborn, Kendra Scott and Autumn Grace McKay; three brothers and four sisters, Lois (Duane) Ervin, Robert (Anna Mae) McKay, Donald "Dick" (Joan) McKay, Jeanette (Vernon) Musser, Rosalie (John) Beers, Rita (John) Howell, and Frank (Judy) McKay; a sister-in-law, Virginia Griesheimer; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held 10 a.m. Friday at the NEELD FUNERAL HOME, 1276 N. Detroit St., Xenia, Pastors Michael and Nancy McCormick officiating, with burial in the New Burlington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, followed by a Masonic Lodge service at 8:30 p.m., at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Otterbein Lebanon Benevolent Care, 580 SR 741 North, Lebanon, 45036.
Wilbur McKay
 great and faithful servant. MLM) |
Mr. McKay was born on the family farm on New Burlington Road, Chester Township, Clinton County, son of the late Albert E. and Ada Mills McKay. He farmed on the family farm for his entire life. He was a board member for Clinton Landmark Inc. for 25 years and served as president for 10 years. He was a board member for Federal Land Bank, Production Credit Association, Farm Credit and Clinton County Farm Bureau. He was a member of the New Burlington Masonic Lodge 574 and the New Burlington Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years. He was a lifelong member of the Sharon United Methodist Church.
He is survived by five children, Priscilla (Roger) Vaughan, David McKay, Thomas (Debbie) McKay, Steven (Roseanne) McKay and Roger (Gayla) McKay, all of Wilmington; eight grandchildren, Bryan Dale Vaughan, David Dale McKay, Sarah McKay, Benjamin McKay, Albert Spencer McKay, Roger Thomas McKay, Melissa Ellis and Wayne McKay; 10 great-grandchildren, Alexandria Vaughan, Cameron Vaughan, Bryson McKay, Caden McKay, Michael McKay, Adeline McKay, Marci Ellis, Kaitlin Osborn, Kendra Scott and Autumn Grace McKay; three brothers and four sisters, Lois (Duane) Ervin, Robert (Anna Mae) McKay, Donald "Dick" (Joan) McKay, Jeanette (Vernon) Musser, Rosalie (John) Beers, Rita (John) Howell, and Frank (Judy) McKay; a sister-in-law, Virginia Griesheimer; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held 10 a.m. Friday at the NEELD FUNERAL HOME, 1276 N. Detroit St., Xenia, Pastors Michael and Nancy McCormick officiating, with burial in the New Burlington Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, followed by a Masonic Lodge service at 8:30 p.m., at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Otterbein Lebanon Benevolent Care, 580 SR 741 North, Lebanon, 45036.