Barbara Mckenna

Lee McKenna, 85, beloved wife, mother and frind died February 4, 2011. She was born Barbara lee homley, July 24, 1925 in Harrisonville, Missouri. Lee and one brother were raised in Kansas City and Oklahoma City. While attending Southern Missouri Teachers College in Lawrenceville during World War II, Lee met and married Army Air Corps Aviator, Jack McKenna of Kansas City. She spent her adulthood in Tulsa and Dallas, where she studied art and gave birth to two daughters. The McKennas relocated to Alto, NM in 1983. Lee became active in alto Civic Projects and sat for many years on the Board of and held office in the Humane Society of Lincoln County. Warm, witty, artistic with a puckish sense of humor and unassailable integrity, Lee was the Rock of Gibraltar to her family and many friends. She is survived by her husband of 67 years and one daughter.

Funeral mass will be at 11:00 AM Saturday, February 12, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Capitan with a reception to follow at 12:30 PM at Alto Lakes Golf and Country Club.

The family has requested memorials to the Humand Society of Lincoln County, PO Box 2832, Ruidoso, NM 88355

Cremation is under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.

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