of Webb City, MO

August 27, 1919 - November 16, 2018

Ardith McKinney, age 99 of Webb City, Missouri passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 in Joplin, Missouri. Ardith was born August 27, 1919 in Dewey, Oklahoma to Grover Cleveland and Nora Lucinda (Boyd) Pittman.
She married John A. McKinney in Caney, Kansas on March 22, 1942. Mrs. McKinney was a 1937 graduate of Dewey High School. After graduating, she attended secretarial school in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. During WWII, she worked for Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Ardith started her career in the banking industry in Caney, Kansas and later in the Chicago area.
While the couple resided in the Chicago area, they made many trips to Canada to go fishing together. Mrs. McKinney's favorite things to do were read, especially murder mysteries, and cook gourmet foods. In 1983 after she and her husband retired, the couple moved to Mountain Home. The excellent library and the fishing were a few of the many reasons the couple chose this area. Mrs. McKinney spent many years and lots of her time helping with Mountain Home Food Basket and First Christian Church of Mountain Home, where she was a member.
Mrs. McKinney is survived by a sister, Donna Sheridan of Tulsa, Ok.; a niece, Cindy Shead of Carl Junction, Mo., and three nephews: Mike Byfield and Robert Byfield, both of Bartlesville, Ok., and David Geurin of Dewey, Ok.
She is preceded in death by her husband, John; her parents, Grover and Nora; two sisters: Betty Byfield and Rosalie Geurin, and brother, Charles Pittman.
Graveside Services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Baxter Memorial Gardens with Ralph Shead officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family would ask that memorial contributions be given in Mrs. McKinney's name to the Mountain Home Food Basket, 1341 Eastside Center Court, Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653.
Arrangements are under the direction of Roller Funeral Home. Please visit our online guest book at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/mtnhome.

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