Peralee Eldora Mckown (Plainview)

PERALEE ELDORA McKOWN
(December 3, 1922-January 3, 2015)

Services for Eldora McKown, 92, of Plainview,will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 7 at the Methodist Church in Plainview. Pastor Alice will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Plainview. She passed away Saturday, January 3, 2015, at the Plainview Manor.

Eldora was born December 3, 1922, in Creighton to George and Leila Norton. Eldora Norton married Ervin McKown at Stark Valley Methodist Church on October 12, 1941 in Plainview. After Ervin’s discharge from the U. S. Army, the couple made their home in Breslau, NE, for a few years and then moved to Plainview for the rest of their lives. Ervin was a carpenter and built many homes in the Plainview area and Eldora worked at the Plainview Hospital for 35 years.

Eldora was a member of Methodist Church and the Methodist Ladies Auxiliary. She loved to crochet, play cards, go for country drives, bowl, and dance.

She is survived by sons LaVerne “Mac” (and wife, Cindy) McKown of Fremont, Ken McKown of Norfolk, daughters Pat (and husband Butch) Frahm of Plainview, Laine (and husband Alan) Wiegard of Norfolk, and Pam McKown of Skagway, Alaska, sisters-in-law Marge and Sylvia McKown of Omaha; and 14 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Eldora was preceded in death by husband Ervin, son, Rollie, sister Ella May Stultz, brother Raymond Norton, infant sister Helen, and infant great-grandson Alexander Fortin.