Obituary of Edward McKinney

Wednesday October 5, 2011 at the age of 92. Ed was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Eleanor "Ellie" McKinney; his son, George R. McKinney and great granddaughter, Anna Elizabeth McKinney. He is survived by his sons, Donald (Jan), Edward (Sandy Barczak) and James (Christy) McKinney; 5 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Candy Hurlbut; sisters, Betty McAllister and Shirley Quinn; brother-in-law, Robert (Sara) Bechtold; sister-in-law, Carolyn Direen; several nieces and nephews, many close and dear friends including all of those from The Legacy @ the Parklands. Ed was a past Mayor of the Village of Spencerport, past President of the Spencerport Fire Dept., the Monroe County Fireman's Association and the Fireman's Association of the State Of New York and a WWII Army Veteran. Edward's visitation will be held 4-8 PM Monday October, 10th at the funeral home, 15 West Avenue, Spencerport, NY 14559. Memorial Services will be celebrated on Thursday October 27, 2011 at 11:00AM at First Congregational UCC, 65 Church Street, Spencerport, NY 14559. Interment will be held privately. Those wishing to send expressions of sympathy please consider Anna's Wish PO Box 27, N. Chili, NY 14514-0027 or a charity of your choice. Edward was a member of the White Church, for many years. He lived in Arizona for 30 years. Edward was an incredible athlete. He earned a Basketball scholarship from Ithaca State College and didn't go because his father became ill with MS. Edward was President of Amity Street Association. He was a Spencerport Board of Trustees for 25 years. Edward enjoyed most: like golfing with his buddies and also yelling at Edward! He successfully achieved "2 Holes in One" during his golfing career. He retired from Kodak in 1975 after 34 years as an Engineer. He enjoyed his family most of all. Edward will always be remembered as a loving, funny and extremely respected man in the public's eye and of his family.