- Date Of Birth: September 19, 1925
- Date Of Death: January 5, 2006
- State: Maryland
Helen Opal McKinney, 80 of North East, MD, died unexpectedly Thursday morning, January 5, 2006 in the Union Hospital fo Cecil County, Elkton, MD. Born in Charleston, WV on September 19, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Donald Fields and the late Margaret Lou Oyler. Helen is preceded in death by her husband Arthur R. Dick McKinney, Jr., who passed away July 25, 2000, and two sons Gary Donald and Kenneth Allen. Two sons surviver her, Wayne R. Mckinney of Concord, CA and Michael A. Mckinney of Elkton, MD. She was fortunate in haaving 5 grandchildren; Darren W. McKinney of fair Oaks, CA, David R. McKinney of Concord, CA, Dianna H. McKinney, Valerie M. McKinney, and Amy M. McKinney of Elkton, MD. Her great-grandson David, Jr. DJ who will be 5 in march wanted to come east to say good-bye to great-mom-mom. She is also survived by her sisters; Pauline, Mary Lou, Betty and Barbara Ann, and brothers; Donald, John, Edward and Joseph Lee. Helen left her home at age 16, spending some time with another family before coming to Cecil County to work as a time-keeper at Triumph outside Elkton during WWII. There she met her husband Dick. After the war he bought her a used greenhouse from Gilpin’s Falls in order to get her African Violets out of the house.
