Mildred "Millie" Luella McKinney

Mildred “Millie” McKinney, 91, of Davenport, Iowa passed away August 27, 2018 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 31, 2018 at 10:30am at Weerts Funeral Home. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 30, 2018 from 5-8pm at Weerts Funeral Home, Jersey Ridge and Kimberly. Burial will be at Davenport Memorial Park following the service. Memorials in Millie’s name may be made to Clarissa C Cook Hospice House.

Millie was born in 1927 to Charles and Lillian Dengler in rural Scott County, Iowa. She graduated from Davenport High School in 1945. She was united in marriage to Kenneth McClanahan in 1947, he passed away in 1952. In 1955 she was united in marriage to Gerald Eckhardt. Then in 1983 she was united in marriage to Willis “Mac” McKinney. When Millie graduated from high school, she went to work at Davenport Bank; before she married she also worked at Peterson VonMaur. She later went to work at Northwest Bank as Miss VIP working with trips and then went to work at Tri State Tours as a tour guide. Millie was very active in the community, belonging to CASI, RSVP, Liedertafel, the Putnam Museum Guild, and served on the board for the Plus 60 Club. She also enjoyed line dancing, card playing, flower gardening, traveling, music, working on genealogy, and doing needle work and puzzles.

Those left to honor Millie’s memory are her daughter Virginia “Ginger” (Lee) Coward; son in law Jim Masengarb; grandchildren: Heather (Brent) Reimer, Christy (Jason) Gelt, Sarah Masengarb, James (DeeAnn) McClanahan, Kari Turbeville, and Nicole Coward; great-grandchildren: Lauren, Emily, and Nathan Reimer, Cleo and Ridley Gelt, Hailey Turbeville, James “Deuce” and Brooklyn McClanahan; step grandchildren: Brian and Tegan; step great-granddaughter: Ashlynn; and sister-in-law, Marilyn Dengler. She was preceded in death by her children: James McClanahan, David Eckhardt, and Judy Masengarb; her brother Warren Dengler; her sister, Henrietta Moore, and her parents.