Max McKinney

1925 –Wednesday, March 15 2023

Max McKinney, 97, of Indianapolis, went to be with the Lord March 15, 2023. He was born in 1925 on a farm in Pickard, Indiana to Giles and Zelda McKinney. Max was a graduate of Butler University after serving in the Army Air Corps and spent his career in construction sales with Construction Products and Mid States Engineering among others. Prior to joining the Army Air Corps in WWII, he attended Purdue University and was a member of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity. As a B-17 navigator and instructor in the Army Air Corps, he learned to read maps and used this skill later in life with historical maps at the Indiana Historical Society for 15 years. Max was a caring family man with a sense of humor and was always interested in other’s lives and families. He was a Deacon and Elder at First Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis for 15 years. Later in life he and his wife Isabel attended St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at Shirley Brothers Fishers-Castleton Chapel, 9900 Allisonville Road, Fishers, with visitation one hour prior.

Max is survived by two brothers, Mark McKinney of Tipton, Indiana, and Phil McKinney of Grand Ledge, Michigan; daughter, Susan McKinney (Jefferson Summers); sons, Judson ( Therese) McKinney and Matthew (Dian) McKinney; grandchildren, Michelle (Jacob) Boline, Kyle (Taylor) McKinney, Matthew (Cassandra) McKinney and Paul McKinney; great-grandson, Wyatt McKinney; and nephews, J. (Marie Clare) Chapman and Jeff (Michele) Chapman. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Isabel McKinney. www.shirleybrothers.com.