Donald Leroy Kinney

Donald LeRoy Kinney passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He was born at home in Manvel, North Dakota on October 13, 1920 to Leo and Leona Kinney. He served in the Army Air Corps as an aircraft mechanic and then as a pilot during World War II. He returned to Manvel in 1949 and farmed there until retirement in 2004. He is survived by his wife Georgie Mae Kinney, Brainerd, MN; stepson, Ben (Bette) Ellingson, Brainerd, MN; step daughter, Nona Gail (John) Ellingson Huyler, St. Cloud, MN; brother, Willard ( Lois) Kinney, Manvel, ND and two sisters, Lula Mae (Paul) Bry, Grand Forks, ND and Leila Kinney, Grand Forks, ND. He has 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his beloved son Leo Don Kinney and 4 brothers and 1 sister.