Shurbline

Mckinley

Shurbline (Kilgore) McKinley, 81, of Blanchard, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at her home.  The daughter of Oren Wayne Kilgore and Mary Helen (Pollock) Kilgore, she was born March 26, 1940, in Comanche, Texas.

She grew up in Oklahoma City and in 1962 she moved to Moore and lived there until moving to Blanchard in 1973.  Shurbline was a member of the Assembly of God Church for twelve years, the Pentecostal Church for eight years, and has been attending the Cowboy Churches in Tri-City and Tuttle for several years.  She loved attending to her flower garden and was especially proud of her roses.  She enjoyed her vegetable garden and canning.  She loved being outside and especially enjoyed sitting on her porch drinking her coffee and bird watching.  She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandma and dearly loved her kids and grandkids.  She will truly be missed by her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Anna Kilgore; and one brother, Robert Kilgore.

Shurbline is survived by her husband of 65 years, Ernest McKinley; one daughter, Patricia Ann Wheeler, and her husband, Louis, of Moore; two sons, Richard Edward McKinley and his wife, Y'Vonna, of Oklahoma City and Rocky Wayne McKinley of Blanchard; four grandchildren, Melanie Cooper, Megan Talkington and her husband, Grant, Eric McKinley, and Amber Daniel and her husband, James; ten great grandchildren, Logan, Layne, Eli, Elyse, Ayden, Kylie, Ashton, Jaxon, Taelynn, and Tyler: one brother, Howard Kilgore and his wife, Thelma; several nieces, nephews, other loving family members and friends.

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at the Eisenhour Funeral Home Chapel in Blanchard.  Burial will follow in the Blanchard Cemetery.  Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home of Blanchard.  Online obituary and guestbook are available at eisenhourfh.com.