1943 - Enlisted in the Army Air Force to receive pilots training. This was never completed because of war's end. Consequently I was discharged at Lincoln Air Base, NE in 1945.
1947 - Married Elizabeth Hutton. We raised 8 children, have 30 grand-children, and 6 great grand-children.
In 1959, we established McKee's, Inc., building swimming pools across Kansas including the Abilene, KS, Municipal Pool.