Doraetta worked for 37 years at Consumers Power Company and retired as Payroll Clerk Supervisor in 1981. She was hired just after high school graduation at the age of 17. She married George McKay in 1965 at the age of 37 and changed her name to Doraetta K (for Kennett) McKay. They raised two children in Michigan, Jerry and Debbie (Testa). George died in Goodyear, AZ in 2013 of ALS. Jerry married Tylar Newhouse in 1987 and went on to have three children, Kristen, Jason, and Sean. Kristen gave Doraetta her first and only great-grandson Nathaniel Noel Spry. Jerry is now 53 years old and has worked for Coca Cola Co for almost 30 years. Doraetta is also survived by her brother, Dowell Kennett . She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Dyrthell Kennett; husband, George McKay; and brothers, Lorell Kennett and William Kennett.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Thompson Funeral Chapel, 926 S. Litchfield Road, Goodyear, AZ 85338.
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