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JOSEPH JOHN: b. March 21, 1914. Married Mildred Larson Jan 31, 1942 and they are farmers. They are members of the Baptist church and have the following children: Joseph E., b. Nov. 8, 1942; Lana K., b. March 13, 1945; John Kenneth, b. Dec. 20, 1947; Dona Kay, b. Dec. 21, 1949.

S. Clarence Trued, Author - Published 1953

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Final Rites Held In Red Oak For Joseph J. McKee
Funeral services for Joseph John McKee of Emerson were held Monday, May 7, 1979, at 2 p.m., at the Grace Baptist church in Red Oak, Pastor Francis Henderson officiated.
Mrs. Myron Kempton was organist, and accompanied Paul Osmanson as he sang "How Great Thou Art," "In The Garden" and "The Lord's Prayer." Mrs. Vincent Good was at the registry book, and flower ladies were Mrs. Harold Rolf, Mrs. Melvin Stoldorf, Mrs. Lloyd Bowen and Mrs. Wayne Spicer. Ushers were George Miller, Lloyd Bowen, Dr. James Ahern and Russell Smith. Honorary pallbearers were Vincent Good, Gayle Durbin, Harold Rolf. Lester R. Anderson, Leonard Fosiel., V.Winfield S. Mayne, Phillip Armknecht, William J. Scherle, Fred Welsch, Victor McCall and Forrest Gillespie. Honorary bearers were Melvin Stoldorf, Ed Laughlin, Glen Olsen, Jerry Vrba, Ray Lasley and Bill Donovan.
Interment was in the Emerson cemetery with Military graveside rites by Levi Burton Post No. 575 of The American Legion. Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The following life sketch was read:
Joseph John McKee was born March 21, 1914, in Montgomery County to Sam and Julie McKee, who preceded him
in death. He was also preceded by a sister, Helen, in infancy, and an older brother, Joe. He attended high school in Emerson and married Hildred Larsen on Jan 31, 1942 in Cushing, Ne. He entered into the armed forces and serviced overseas in the Japanese Theatre in World War II, earning several medals for meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty. He returned to Red Oak after the war and engaged in farming in the Wales and Villisca vicinities. In 1961 he moved his family to Emerson where he concentrated his efforts on his farming and livestock enterprises until his death.
He is survived by his wife; by two sons, Joseph Eugene and his wife Suzy, Sheldon, and John Kenneth and his wife Pat,
Emerson; two daughters, Lana Kay Brown, Malvern, and Dana Kay Wellhausen and her busband Keith of Clarinda; eight
grandchildren; stepmother, Mrs. S.S. McKee, Red Oak, brothers and sisters, Opal Wendt, Brooklyn, Wise.; L.K. (Pat) McKee and Sam McKee, Jr., both of Red Oak, Vernon McKee, Emerson, Lola Adkins, Des Moines and Mildred Parker, Villisca, other relatives and friends
Malvern Leader, May 10, 1979

Joseph married Mildred Ingelborg Larsen on 31 Jan 1942. Mildred was born on 11 Aug 1917 in Howard County, Nebraska; died on 25 Feb 2007 in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa; was buried in Emerson Cemetery, Emerson, Mills County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Lana K McKee was born on 13 Mar 1945 in Saint Paul, Howard County, Nebraska; died on 23 Oct 2005 in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Emerson Cemetery, Emerson, Mills County, Iowa.
3. Living
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Funeral services were held at the Emerson Baptist church for S. S. McKee Sr., at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Wm. Van Antwerp in charge on Friday, Oct. 4, 1968.
Honorary pallbearers were Charles Lees, L. V. Bradley, Morris Evans, Harold Smith, Frank Durbin, Boyd Nuckols, John R. Lauritzen and Edward L. Lnughlin. Pall bearers were grandsons, Grant Shaw, Joseph McKee, Stanley Shaw, Russell McKee, Mark J. Parker, Daniel M. Shaw, Charles McKee, James B. Parker, Kenneth McKee, Samuel L. McKee and Ross Parker.
Music was furnished by Mrs. Edward Greenwood, organist and Frederick Larson, soloist. Mrs. Gilbert Carlson jr., Mrs. Alfred Anderson and Mrs. Francis Parker were in charge cf the floral offerings. Ushers were Ivan Durbin, Gordon Frink and Edward Greenwood.
Humanity Lodge No. 378, A. F. and A.M. were in charge of the graveside rites at the Emerson cemetery.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. McKee, he was born July 18, 1889, at Adrian, Mo., and passed away Oct. 1. 1968, at the Red Oak hospital after an illness of six weeks.
He had farmed in the Emerson area for more than 60 years. In 1911 he was married to Juilia E. Trued, who passed away in 1953, and in 1954 he was married to Lois Gauld, who
survives. Other survivors are four sons, Joseph J. and Vernon D., both of Emerson, LeRoy K. (Pat) and Samuel S. Jr.. both of Red Oak; three daughters, Mrs. Opal Shaw of Red Oak, Mrs. Lola Adkins of Des Moines and Mrs. Mildred Parker of Villisca: Two brothers, Stanley of Buller, Mo., and George of Amsterdam, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Faulkner of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Mrs.Maude Warnick of Peru, III; 27 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.
For many years Mr. McKce had been a leader in community affairs, he was honored by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce in 1958 as a Pioneer Shipper. He served as a Director cf the Emerson State Bank for 20 years, and was a member of the First Baptist church, Humanity Lodge No. 378. AF & AM, and of the OES all of Emerson.
Malvern Leader, October 10, 1968

Sam married Julia Elizabeth Trued on 11 Dec 1911. Julia (daughter of John Trued and Emma Sophia Anderson) was born on 16 Oct 1891 in Saunders County,Nebraska; died on 2 Oct 1953 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried in Emerson Cemetery, Emerson, Mills County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JULIA: Born in Nebraska and was reared on farm after her father

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JOHN TRUED: Fourth child of Trued and Elsie Nilssson. Born April 13, 1851 in Attarp Torrup Soken, Kristianstads Lan, Sweden. He arrived in America together with several sisters in 1871, (a date fixed by Joe, his son, although writer believes it was several years later inasmuch as he could not have fulfilled his military duties in Sweden before age 21).
John came directly to the Nebraska Territory where Nils his brother, had preceded him. He acquired 40 acres of land (probably through homestead act) due east of Nils Trued

John married Emma Sophia Anderson in 1883 in Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska by Rev. Arthur H. Peterson. Emma was born on 15 Apr 1863 in Vereby, Smaland, Sweden; died on 1 Feb 1927 in Missouri; was buried in Scott Cemetery, Amsterdam, Bates County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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TRUED NILSSON AND WIFE ELSA

TRUED NILSSON: Born in 1819, died 1890. He was born in Kristianstads lan, Sweden and came to America several years after the arrival of his son, Nil Trued, who arrived in the early spring of 1868. He was a man of medium stature, blue eyes, dark brown hair and of gentle manner.
He inherited considerable estate from his father and grandfather, - the latter being considered one of the wealthiest men in Sweden in his time, - but through faulty judgment, promiscuous underwriting of notes, etc., he and his immediate family lost the fortune, and almost penniless, he came to America to live with his son Nils until his death.
His grandfather possessed a Bible which was brought by the family to America, (now in the writer

Trued married ElsaSweden. was born on 12 Jun 1814 in Sweden; died in Apr 1891 in Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]