Nora Ellen Mckenney

Mrs. Nora Hill McKenney, age 92 of Mineola, passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 in Mineola. She was born on July 1, 1928 in Chattory, Washington to the late Daniel Hanks Hill and Ollie Gertrude Unzicker Hill. Nora was the first in her family to graduate from Ferdinand High School in 1947. She graduated from St. Joseph Hospital Nursing School in Lewston, Idaho. While in nursing school she contracted Polio but still graduated in 1951. She married Lindel Eugene McKenney on July 11, 1952 in Lewiston, Idaho and they moved to Texas in 1967 and she worked as a Registered Nurse at Mineola General Hospital for over 20 years. She was member of First United Methodist Church of Mineola and was preceded in death by her husband , Lindel Eugene McKenney and brothers and sisters, Harry, Jack, John, Anna, Cora, Martha, Helen, Ruth and Leona. She is survived by daughters, Linda Jean McKenney Haddock, Particia Ann McKenney, Sharon Lee McKenney Horton, and Danna Marie McKenney; six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Private Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at New Hope Cemetery FM 2422 Mineola, Texas 75773 at 2:00 pm, Rev. Jay Horton conducting. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the New Hope Cemetery Accociation.