Maxine McKenna, age 97, passed away on December 25, 2021 in Kansas.

She was born on the family farm 3.5 miles north of Swanton, Nebraska to Elmer and Sadie (Sasek) Tachovsky. The oldest of 2 children, in 1943, at 19 years of age, she rode the bus from Beatrice, Nebraska to Wichita, for a .55 cent an hour job at Boeing, doing her part in the war effort.

Having met, on a blind date, she later married a soldier, James E. McKenna on March 21, 1945 in Wichita. They had 2 children, a son, Michael E. (Debbie) and a daughter, Janet L. McKenna, (Robert) McElroy. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer J. and Sadie (Sasek) Tachovsky along with her brother, Charles and her loving husband of 61 years, James.

She is survived by her two children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.  A private service is planned at the Wilber Czech Cemetery in Wilber, Nebraska.