Eileen M. McKinnon

Eileen M. McKinnon, 92 passed away, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at her residence in East Liverpool, after a sudden illness.
She was born in St. Helens Lancashire, England on January 27, 1925 a daughter to the late Patrick J. and Mary Ann (Hunt) Tuohy. Eileen was a graduate of St. Bartholomew High School in St. Helens, England and moved to East Liverpool, OH as a war bride in 1946. She worked as a Pharmacy Tech and an LPN for East Liverpool City Hospital for 32 years before retiring. She was a veteran serving for the British Womens Land Army for England during WWII, a member of the former St. Aloysius Parish, a member of the Lady Knights, Alter and Rosary and the High Noon Bowling League.
She is survived at home by her husband James L. McKinnon whom she married October 7, 1944; two sons: Michael Sean McKinnon and his wife Trudy and Dennis James “DJ” McKinnon and his wife Anna both of East Liverpool, OH; two daughters: Patricia Mary Cooper and her husband James and Carol Anne Russell both of East Liverpool, OH; a sister-in-law: Edith Tuohy of England; twelve grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild; a niece Susan Tuohy of Virginia Beach, VA and a great niece: Emma Tuohy of Philadelphia, PA.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers: Kevin Tuohy (infant) and Lionel Tuohy and a nephew: Kevin Tuohy.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Holy Trinity Parish on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at 10 AM with the Rev. Father Peter Haladej as Celebrant. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery.
The family will be present to receive friends at the Calcutta funeral home on Friday, September 15, 2017 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM.
Family and friends may view this obituary, sign the guestbook or send condolences online at www.martinmacleanaltmeyer.com or by visiting the funeral homes Facebook page.