Shreveport, LA- Funeral services celebrating the life of Joan Ruth Stockdale McKee, 86, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Ford Park Baptist Church. Officiating will be Bro. John Newman. Interment will follow in Centuries Memorial Park. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 2, 2013 from the hours of 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Centuries Memorial Funeral Home.
Joan was born on November 10, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas and passed away on November 28, 2013 in Shreveport, Louisiana with her entire family by her side. Mrs. McKee was a registered nurse for Doctor’s Hospital and taught nursing at Northwestern State University. She was a dedicated and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Joan was a devout Christian and a member of Ford Park Baptist Church. She enjoyed cross-word puzzles, reading, playing bridge and Farkle, as well as playing games with her grandchildren. She had a servant’s heart and dedicated her life to taking care of her husband and children. She traveled with her husband both while he was in the military and retired.
Mrs. McKee was preceded in death by her parents, Ray T. and Berta Stockdale; one son, Robert Michael McKee; one brother, Don Stockdale and son-in-law, Jimmy Agostin.
Left to cherish beautiful memories of Joan is her husband of 63 years, Gene McKee; children, Michael McKee and wife Donna, Tim McKee and wife Clara, Tracy Agostin and Kevin McKee and wife Ginger; sisters, Nancy Dunnick and husband Norvell and Janet Boyce; sister-in-law, Dorothy Stockdale and 7 grandchildren.
Honoring Mrs. McKee as pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
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