MCKINNEY Alert Me
Originally printed on September 16, 2020.
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McKINNEY John George (Ian) (Elie, Fife) Died at home, on Sunday, September 13, 2020, with family around him. Dearly loved husband of Joyce and much loved father to Shaila, Judith, Ruth and Colin. The family wish to thank the Hospital at Home team for their extraordinary care and compassion. Funeral private due to current restrictions.
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Leave your TributeJohn George ('Ian') McKinney
Lindsay George Henderson Hall
20 September 2021
Ian was an utterly lovely man. Generous of heart and mind, devoted to family and friends, a pillar of the Church (born and brought up as a Scots presbyterian, but later in England, while working for years as a language tutor for the Foreign Office and the Diplomatic Corps in London, of the United Reformed Church in Highgate, I came to know him and his lady Joyce, there not on deeply personal terms, but always amiable and friendly.
His linguistic talent and range were formidable. He would sometimes have passages of time where his tutorial services were not required, so he would, as he put it 'go off to learn another language'. He may not (he would be the first to admit) completely mastered Latin or classical Greek, but his German, and later Hungarian and several other tongues were at his fingertips.
Despite these remarkable intellectual accomplishments, he was ever a man of quiet sense, emotional intelligence and wisdom. It pains me that although I have known him for the best part of thirty years, news of his demise has only just now reached me. Joyce, dear lady, if you are reading this, know that my thoughts and prayers will be with you always.
Our sympathy
Press And Journal
15 September 2020
Please accept our condolences at this difficult time.
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