MADAWASKA – Margaret “Nodie” McKinney, 96, passed away Nov. 30, 2009, at a Madawaska health care facility. She was born Nov. 24, 1913, in Chipman, New Brunswick, the daughter of Lemuel and Edith (McKillian) Bourgeois. Nodie had a passion for music and in her earlier years, she was a member of the only all women orchestra in Maine. Her favorite instrument was the saxophone. Later in life she enjoyed working with needlepoint. She was also a member of Daughters of Isabella and a communicant of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, where she sang in the choir. Nodie is survived by one daughter, Dacia Lea Paradis of Wells; two sons, Wendell McKinney and his wife, Gail, of Easton and Ricky McKinney of Madawaska; five grandchildren, Stephanie, Lee Anne, Kevin, Clayton and Renovia; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Monica Martin of Edmundston, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Edgar McKinney, in 1988; and by one grandson, Chad Paradis. Friends and family may call 8 a.m. until the time of service Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Daigle Funeral Home, where a funeral service will begin 10 a.m. Interment will be held later this spring at the parish cemetery. Donations may be made to St. Thomas Aquinas Church for Masses to be said in memory of Margaret.
MARGARET ‘NODIE’ MCKINNEY
