Florence Ruth McGee, 96, Crestwood, KY, died Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, at a nursing facility in Louisville, KY.
She was born on Sept. 16, 1912, at Wood River, NE, the daughter of Orin Alva and Anna Reichart Hefty Lewton. She graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1930, and from Stormont School of Nursing in 1933. She completed postgraduate work at Chicago Lying-In at Chicago, Il.
Florence was a registered nurse, working in both hospitals and private care. She retired in 1992 after 32 years of service at the US Postal Service Headquarters Health Unit in Washington, D.C. She received a certificate of appreciation from the US Postal Service Blood Donor Program in 1990. and Meritorious Service Honor Awards from the US Postal Service in 1979 and 1992. She had been involved in political action community groups . She was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., serving many years in the church nursery. In recent years she had lived at Crestwood, KY, and Louisville, KY.
She married Lawrence A. McGee on Dec. 7, 1935, at Covington, KY. He died on Oct. 31, 1944. She was also preceded in death by her son, William McGee, on Sept. 2, 1990.
Survivors include a brother, Carl Lewton, and his wife, Lois, Carthage, MO; three grandsons, Shawn McGee, Albuquerque, NM, Michael McGee, and his wife, Eva, Crestwood, KY, and Mark McGee, Valley Falls; five great-grandchildren, Ashley McGee, Jessica McGee and Tanner McGee, all of Valley Falls, and Jacob McGee and Audrey McGee, both of Crestwood, KY; daughter-in-law Katherine McGee, Valley Falls; five nieces and two nephews.
The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Burial will be at the Valley Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home.
Online condolences are at mercerfuneralhomes.com