Dorothy Lee McKinney
1917 - 1999 (81 years)-
Name Dorothy Lee McKinney - daughter of James Earl McKinney and Rosa May Chance [1]
Birth 5 Dec 1917 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana 
[1, 2] Gender Female Death 6 Jun 1999 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana [1, 2] Burial Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana [1, 2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11528301/dorothy-lee-cockrill
Garden of Veterans, Lot 26, Grave C
Person ID I4178 Hedges Last Modified 13 Jan 2025
Family David Lawrence Gilkison, b. 23 Nov 1925, Illinois d. 25 May 1973 (Age 47 years) Family ID F1842 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Oct 2021
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Birth - 5 Dec 1917 - Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana 
Death - 6 Jun 1999 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana 
Burial - - Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Dorothy L. Cockrill, 81, of Lafayette, died at 1:06 AM Sunday, June 6, 1999, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Born Dec. 5, 1917, in Terre Haute, she attended schools there. She moved to Lafayette in 1976 from Attica. She married Clyde L. Cockrill on Dec. 23, 1978, in Attica. He died on June 15, 1995. Mrs. Cockrill was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul Community Church.
Surviving are four sons, Charles Hollers of St. Joseph, IL; William Greer of Rantoul, IL; Robert Lincoln of Urbana, IL; and Richard Gilkison of Lafayette; a daughter, Rosemary (Mrs. Melvin) Horn of Lafayette; 11 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, one step-great-grandchild, and a great-great-grandson. She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Service June 9, Richards-Loy and Wheeler Funeral Home, Dr. Clayton Kendall officiating; internment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 6/8/1999
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- Dorothy L. Cockrill, 81, of Lafayette, died at 1:06 AM Sunday, June 6, 1999, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Born Dec. 5, 1917, in Terre Haute, she attended schools there. She moved to Lafayette in 1976 from Attica. She married Clyde L. Cockrill on Dec. 23, 1978, in Attica. He died on June 15, 1995. Mrs. Cockrill was a homemaker and a member of St. Paul Community Church.
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