Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....McKay, Douglas Kent July 26, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 29, 2004
     Douglas Kent McKay, 63, a resident of Ione, died of injuries from a wheat 
truck accident near Wasco on Monday, July 26, 2004.
     He was born June 20, 1941, in The Dalles, the third of four children to 
Jay Franklin and Phoebe B. (Lyons) McKay. Doug was raised in Kent on the 
family ranch and graduated from Sherman County Union High School in 1959. 
     After high school, he began an electrical apprenticeship at Oregon State 
University and then went to work for Otis Elevators in San Francisco. In 1965, 
he transferred to Portland and moved to Wasco in 1968 and did farm work. The 
family moved to Stayton where he worked at the cannery and then returned to 
the family farm in Kent in fall 1973.
     He married Nancy Lee Hicks on November 21, 1965 in Wasco. They lived in 
Kent on the family ranch where he raised wheat and cattle. In fall 1991, they 
moved to Ione where his wife took the postmasters job and he commuted to work.
     He enjoyed spending time with family, friends, especially his 
grandchildren, and was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed to hunt and fish.
     He is survived by his wife, Nancy McKay, Ione; three children, Shawn 
McKay, Seattle; Mark and his wife, Jamie McKay, Bend; and Steve and his wife 
Jamie McKay, Elgin; three grandchildren, Carson, Jaydon and Gage; his brother, 
Frank McKay, Salem; two sisters, Kay Thompson, Goldendale; and Peggy Mineer, 
Boise, Idaho.
     A celebration of life service will be held at the Grass Valley Grade 
School on Saturday, July 31, at 11 a.m. with Tom Norton officiating. Private 
cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and 
Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. 
     Memorials may be made to Sherman County High School Rodeo Association, 
c/o Sherman County High School, 65912 High School Loop, Moro, OR 97039 or the 
Oregon 4-H Foundation-OSU, 119 Ballard Extension Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-
3608.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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