Roy served his country in W.W.I. He was stationed in Rieler, Germany and drove supplies across France to Germany with a team of horses. He was honorably discharged on Sept. 2, 1919. Military Rites; McVeigh-Dunn Post 60 American Legion; Ponti-Peterson Post 1720; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Company B 116 army train; Hi Div R E F France.
After a brief trail run in Laramie Co., WY., and Sioux City, IA., Roy and Clara moved to Northern MN. in 1934 and then settled in Blackberry, MN. 1936. Together, the family built the McKim family home and farm. Roy made a living farming and working in the iron mines. He remained on the family farm until his passing.
Roy was my maternal grandfather and a few of the things I remember about him are sitting on his lap while he sat in "his chair", eating tomatoes sprinkled with sugar, Circus Peanut candies, the smell of his pipes and cigars, playing on his tracker, his deep blue eyes, and his daily uniform that consisted of a hat and suspenders. He used to push me in a swing that he made and hung for me in the big tree in the front yard of their house.
My grandpa is buried with my grandma and my two uncles, Franklin and Edward.
Roy served his country in W.W.I. He was stationed in Rieler, Germany and drove supplies across France to Germany with a team of horses. He was honorably discharged on Sept. 2, 1919. Military Rites; McVeigh-Dunn Post 60 American Legion; Ponti-Peterson Post 1720; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Company B 116 army train; Hi Div R E F France.
After a brief trail run in Laramie Co., WY., and Sioux City, IA., Roy and Clara moved to Northern MN. in 1934 and then settled in Blackberry, MN. 1936. Together, the family built the McKim family home and farm. Roy made a living farming and working in the iron mines. He remained on the family farm until his passing.
Roy was my maternal grandfather and a few of the things I remember about him are sitting on his lap while he sat in "his chair", eating tomatoes sprinkled with sugar, Circus Peanut candies, the smell of his pipes and cigars, playing on his tracker, his deep blue eyes, and his daily uniform that consisted of a hat and suspenders. He used to push me in a swing that he made and hung for me in the big tree in the front yard of their house.
My grandpa is buried with my grandma and my two uncles, Franklin and Edward.
Family Members
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Ola Arabella McKim Stewart
1894–1923
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Ruth Idella McKim Holmes
1897–1932
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Velma Jane McKim Johnson
1898–1988
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Luella Margaret McKim Gurley
1900–1948
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Carl Clifton McKim
1901–1980
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Esther May McKim Clay
1903–1997
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Wilma Fay McKim Mirkin
1907–1992
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Dorothea Dale McKim Brumet
1909–1986
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Alfred Fullerton McKim
1912–1981
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Pearl Caroline McKim Brown
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Juanita Pauline McKim Robertson
1922–1998
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William Robert McKim
1923 – unknown
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Jack Roy McKim
1925–1995
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Edward Eugene McKim
1926–1973
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Franklin Dale McKim
1928–1939
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Alfred Kenneth McKim
1930–2014
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Leonard Preston McKim
1932–1933
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Ruth Mary McKim Martin
1935–2023
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Diane Carol McKim Snibley
1946–2015