McKeighan, John Raymond (1932 - 2024)

MCKEIGHAN, MCKEIGHAN-LYTLE, BRAZEAL, MCINTOSH, GREENE, MUMM, DAVIS, THORDESEN, GILLILAND, TARKINGTON, WILSON, PATTEN, CHRISTENSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 3/23/2024 at 15:36:33

Name of deceased: John Raymond McKeighan

Aged: 91 yrs, 4 mo, 18 days

Residence: Beebeetown, IA

Born: Oct. 11, 1932; Tennant, Shelby County, IA

Died: March 1, 2024; Community Memorial Hospital, Missouri Valley, Pottawattamie County, IA

Funeral services: Wednesday, March 6, 2024; Fouts Funeral Home, Woodbine, IA

Survived by: Wife, Charlene of Beebeetown, IA; son, John Patrick “Pat” McKeighan of Council Bluffs, IA; daughters, Cindy McKeighan of Missouri Valley, IA and Kathy McKeighan-Lytle of Harlan, IA; grandchildren, Jacki McKeighan, Jade McKeighan, Julie Brazeal, Dana McIntosh, Justin McIntosh, Sarah Greene, Nathan Mumm, Ashley Lytle, Chantel Lytle and Brooke Lytle; 19 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild on the way; brother, George McKeighan, Jr. of Lincoln, NE; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, George and Elsa (nee Davis) McKeighan; First Wife, Lotus (deceased 1975); brother, Donald Thordesen; sisters, Delores Gilliland, Roberta Tarkington and Georgene Wilson

Education: Attended school in Portsmouth, Shelby County, IA

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: U.S. Army during the Korean War

Marriages: (1) Lotus Patten; May 6, 1953; St. Mary Catholic Church, Portsmouth, IA (2) Charlene Christensen; date not provided; Immanuel Lutheran Church, Harlan, IA

Employment: worked at the Portsmouth Elevator, Wayne’s Feed in Persia and then managed the Persia Mill; after his marriage to Charlene, they lived in Persia, IA and in 1981 opened the Crossroads Feed Service in Beebeetown, IA. In 1984, they added the BB-Mart. In 1988, the couple moved to Beebeetown. They sold the business in 1997, but John kept his small engine repair business until fully retiring in 2018.

Hobbies/Interests: Loved to fix things, especially anything with a motor; mostly, he loved time spent with family

Sources: foutsfuneralhome.com