Cecile Marie Jean McKinney, 79, of Kingston NH, daughter of the late Almiry and Blanche (Levesque) Dauteuil of Quebec CA, and Methuen MA passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer's at Aurora Senior Living in Derry NH on April 24, 2017.  Born May 12, 1937, Cecile attended Sacred Hearts School in Lawrence and St. Mary's Catholic High School also of Lawrence. Cecile wore many hats in her working career, figuratively and literally, as she loved hats. Prior to working in the laboratories at Wang, Cecile was a software duplicator, and later at ITT Semiconductors, but she is fondly remembered by her family for her production work at Reid-Meredith Manufacturing, where she worked diligently making wigs.

Cecile will be sadly missed by her loving husband Paul Edward McKinney Jr. of 62 years and lovingly remembered by her brothers Arthur Dauteuil and wife Carline of Salem NH, Gerard Dauteuil and wife Geri of Newport News VA, sister Annette (Dauteuil) Berry and husband Paul of N. Reading MA, daughters Dianne Coyne of Methuen MA, Linda (McKinney) Flanders and husband Alan of Bluffton SC, Kimberly (McKinney) Bruzzese and husband Tony of Atkinson NH, Jeanne McKinney of Plaistow NH, sons Paul Edward McKinney III of Orange County CA, and the late Michael McKinney, and her loving 13 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren.

A fan of country music, Cecile enjoyed the greats, like George Strait, Willie Nelson, and Kenny Rogers. She busied herself with crochet gifts for her family, and loved a good puzzle. Not one to let you leave her house hungry, Cecile enjoyed cooking big meals for her family, and always doted on her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.