Patricia "Pat" McKinley
October 1, 1944 ~ February 16, 2025
Born in:
Goodland, Kansas
Resided in:
Pueblo, Colorado
Patricia “Pat” McKinley, 80, passed away on February 16, 2025. Survived by her children, Jennifer (Joseph) Prescia and Joni McKinley; grandchildren, Whitney Prescia, Abigail Hovanec, Luke (Shelbie) Prescia, Moriah Prescia, Elias (Bree) Montoya, Adam Montoya and Callie Prescia; and great-grandchildren, Ellah Prescia, Stetson Prescia, Oaklie Prescia and Ellowyn Montoya; and brothers, Joe (Robin) Mallory, Tim (Chung Hae) Mallory and Terry Mallory.
Preceded in death by her parents, William and Helen Mallory; brother, Butch Mallory; sister, Donna (Jim) Grieve; husband, Warren McKinley; and son, Warren Dean McKinley.
Patricia was born on October 1,1944, in Goodland, Kansas and grew up with her family on a farm in Tribune, Kansas. After marrying her love, she eventually ended up in Pueblo where they raised their three children.
In addition to being a loving wife and mother, she wore many other hats; owner of Mr. Ed’s Hamburgers in Canyon City, secretary at McKinney Door and Hardware, owner and manager of The Burl Tree, and volunteer with ACOVA.
In retirement, Pat spent her time giggling over lunch with her many friends, creating beautiful quilts, and playing cards.
She was a prolific reader and storyteller, and had an unwavering devotion to God. She was affectionately known throughout town as Granny.
A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2025, at the Center for American Values. Memorials may be made to the Center for American Values, 101 S. Main Street, Suite 100, Pueblo, CO 81003. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Center for American Values.
Services
Celebration of Life: March 7, 2025 1:00 pm
Center for American Values
101 S. Main Street
Pueblo, CO 81003
(719) 543-9502
https://www.americanvaluescenter.org/
So sorry for your loss. You girls might remember us from the Ministry w/ Victor Paul. Your Mom and Dad were always easy to talk to. Much Love.
I met Pat in the dental office but she quickly became a friend. She was a sweet, lovely lady who always had a smile to share. My heart goes out to her family, as she loved them all so much.
I met Pat in the pool in Pueblo West and we quickly became friends. We shared many laughs as well as tears. Pat was a good friend who I will dearly miss. The Gardener each week wanted to make her yard look beautiful because he knew she enjoyed the beauty. Love you Pat! ❤️
Pat will always be in my heart. One of my favorite memories was in 1973, we lived in Canyon City Colorado. Pat and I were riding around in the car and singing Delta Dawn. We ended up on a little winding, one lane dirt road that had a tunnel on it to drive through. When we turned around to go back home, we came up to that tunnel and there was a train whistle. I said, “did you hear that?” She stopped the car and we both stared and listened at this dark hole of the tunnel. We were both thinking this train we were hearing was coming through that tunnel toward us. We were so scared. She said, “what should I do, back up?” In a couple of minutes the train blew it’s whistle again, and we looked down the side of the mountain we were on, and there was the train track with this train we were hearing at the foot of the mountain. We both started laughing, she started the car and we got back through that tunnel and decided tunnels were not that much fun. LOL.
I will miss Pat. I’m very thankful for her sweet family. Love and prayers.
Pat was always the most caring and happy person to be around. Donna was loved seeing and talking to her because of Pat’s positive energy!
I loved visiting with Pat when I stayed with Jennifer and Joseph. Pat was always reading something that we were able to talk about.
God bless your wonderful family