Donald McKee

     Donald J. McKee, 65, of Lansing, IA, died peacefully in his childhood home surrounded by family and his little dog, Sassie on Sunday, March 22, 2026, following a long illness of COPD. Memorial services will be held on Monday, March 30th, at 11:00 AM at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing with Fr. Joseph Sevcik officiating. Friends may greet the family on Sunday, March 29th, from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home in Lansing. There will be a rosary beginning at 4:30 PM.

     Donald John Mckee was born on August 11, 1960, in Waukon, IA, the son of Richard and Evelyn (Knopf) McKee of Lansing. Donnie was a welder for Kol-Gol for ten years and fenced for area farmers for many years. He also worked at Strong’s gravel pit. Donnie was a lumberjack and woodsman and could identify most tress in the area. He enjoyed watching westerns and woodcutting and machinery shows, playing battleship on TV, and playing euchre with friends. Every year on Easter Sunday, he would drive his tractor up Mount Ida hill for a hayride for his nieces and nephews, and kept a campfire going for family get togethers.

     Donnie is survived by two sisters: Carolyn Russell of Beaver Dam, WI, and Rita McKee (Bruce Clark) of Lansing; two brothers: Roy (Mary) McKee of Lansing and Bob (Diane) McKee of DeSoto, WI. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: Jim and Tom McKee; two sisters-in-law: Sandy (Klees) McKee and Donna Hirt McKee; a brother-in-law Albert Russell; special friend Anita Loveless; and his dog Kenny, who loved to ride with Donnie on his tractor.

     Honorary urnbearers are Robert McKee and Roy McKee.