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Obituary for Mcphee


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday April 25, 1999

Alma DeNio McPhee. Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 26, 1999 at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Albuquerque for Alma DeNio McPhee, age 93, of Roswell, who passed away April 21, 1999 at a local nursing home. Rev. Melinda J. Wagner of St. Paul Lutheran Church will officiate. Alma was born August 16, 1905 in Elmo, Kansas to Henry and Christina Meuli Hoffman. Her parents preceded her in death, as well as her husbands, Frank McPhee and Homer DeNio; daughter-in-law, Marian DeNio; son-in-law, W. Bob Weekly; great-grandson, Jason DeNio; and two sisters, Alberta Hanson and Lucile Sloan. She married Frank McPhee in April, 1954 in Albuquerque. He preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Keith E. DeNio and his wife, Jane of Roswell; a daughter, Wanda DeNio Weekly of Las Vegas, NV. She is also survived by a sister, Virginia Allen and her husband, G. Bud of Mesa, AZ. Other survivors are five grandchildren, Steve DeNiro and his wife, Connie of Roswell, Shawn DeNio and wife, Anita of Carlsbad, Cindy Flinn and husband, Fred of Port Orchard, WA, Shelley Sweglar and husband, Michael of Riverton, WY, Dana Keith Weekly of Miami Beach, FL. Mrs. McPhee had been a Roswell resident since 1994 and had been in bookkeeping for many years. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Albuquerque and very active in church work. She had been an Eastern Star member and a member of The Daughter of the Nile, and the Engineers Wives Club. She will lie in state at LaGrone Funeral Chapel until Monday morning. Arrangements are under the direction of LaGrone Funeral Chapel.