The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Elizabeth McKee
Sept. 3, 1911 - Dec. 28, 1996
Elizabeth “Betty” McKEE 85, died at Thurston Woods Village, Sturgis, Mich.
Born in Constantine, Mich., to Herbert and Floy MUIRHEAD MASON, she married
Warren S. McKEE on April 23, 1932, in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on Dec. 28,
1989. She graduated from high school in Toledo, Iowa in 1932, was a homemaker and helped on
the family farm She was a member of the Colon United Methodist Church, the Colon United
Methodist Women, and the St. Joseph County Farm Bureau.
She is survived by two daughters, Kathryn McKEE, Kalamazoo, Mich., Mrs. Ralph
(Janet) SMITH, Port Richey, Fla; one son John W. McKEE, D.V.M., Rocheter and Akron; six
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Graveside funeral services and interment will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Constantine
Cemetery, Mich., with the Rev. Ray D. FLESSNER of the Colon United Methodist Church
officiating. There is no visitation. Schipper Funeral Home, Ltd. is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may vbe made to the Colon United Methodist Church.
Tuesday, December 31, 1996
William E. Gooch
Oct. 14, 1901 - Dec. 30, 1996
William E. “Joe” GOOCH, 95, Rochester, died at 10:20 p.m. Monday at Life Care
Center.
Born to Andrw Jackson and Laura Belle HOLTZCLAW GOOCH, he married Alva Mae
DeLONG on June 14, 1924 in Kokomo. She died Oct. 4, 1975. He owned the W.E. Gooch Road
Construction Company, Rochester. He was a member of Rensselaer Masonic Lodge, South Bend
Scottish Rite and Fort Wayne Mizpah Shrine.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William (Barbara) CESSNA, Bruce Lake; three
grandchildren Deb CESSNA, West Lafayette, Mrs. Tim (Jan) BRUCE, Remington, Mrs. Kevin
(Kim) HAZLETT, Rochester; six great-grandchildren; and one sister Mrs. Alene HALLOCK,
Henderdsonville, N.C. He was preceded in death by one granddaughter Denise Ann CESSNA,
three brothers and two sisters.
Private famiy services will be Thursday at the Zimmerman Famiy Funeral Home,
Rochester. Burial will be in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Visitation is from 12 to 2 p.m.
Thursday.