Evelyn L. McKeown

Evelyn L. McKeown, 75, of Sioux City died Sunday, May 15, 2005, at her residence.

Memorial services will be 9 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with the Rev. Clair L. Boes of St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Sibley, Iowa, officiating. Burial of the cremated remains will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today, with a parish vigil service at 7:30 p.m., at Larkin Northside Funeral Home.

Evie was born Feb. 1, 1930, in West Point, Iowa, to Clem and Agnes Winnike. She lived with her family on a farm near West Point until the age of 18. After she graduated from high school, she moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where she met her dear husband, Roger McKeown.

They married June 15, 1951. From this marriage came three children. In 1972, she started a successful career for the Sioux City School System. She started at Central High School, then moved to North High School. At North High, she was the secretary to the student counselors. In 1992, she retired from North High and started her second career, traveling and being a grandmother.

In her retirement years, she traveled many places throughout the world. But her favorite place was Sioux City.

She is survived by her children, Christine McKeown and Kenny Ludwig, Tracy McKeown and Patrick and Leatha McKeown; grandchildren, Claire and Tilly; her siblings, Marcy McKinley, Genny Winnike, Ceny Gintz, Ray and Mary Winnike, Lee Winnike and Mary and Bill Cosselman; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roger; her parents, Clem and Agnes Winnike; and a sister, Clemy Beavers.

Evie, we will all miss you!