Kathryn Elizabeth McCune, 87, Bell, Calif., formerly of Hills, died Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in California. Services were Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Rainbow Chapel in California. The Rev. Sheldon Hess officiated. Burial was in Rose Hills Memorial Park. Kathryn Hoyme was born to Emil and Ella Hoyme on Jan. 31, 1918, on the family farm in Hills. She graduated from Hills High School in May 1936 and the Sioux Valley School of Nursing in Sioux Falls, S.D., on March 18, 1940. She moved to Fresno, Calif., in September 1940 where she worked at a community hospital until she enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps on June 2, 1941. She served with the 34th General Hospital stationed in the United States and spent 14 months in England during the war where they received patients directly from the front lines in Europe. She returned to Minnesota on V-E Day in May 1945 and was relieved from Active Duty as a 1st Lt. on Jan. 5, 1946. She worked at VA hospitals in Portland, Ore., Sioux Falls and Wichita, Kan. In 1960 she moved to Bell where she worked as an industrial nurse for Alcoa Aluminum until her retirement in 1982. She married Jack McCune on May 2, 1964. They enjoyed traveling and spent time in Europe, Hawaii, Panama Canal, Scandinavia and many locations in the U.S.Mrs. McCune loved flowers and plants. She was involved in many activities at her church and enjoyed playing bridge. Survivors include three brothers, Curtis (Lucille) Hoyme, Pasadena, Calif., Paul Hoyme, Bothell, Wash., and Howard Hoyme, Hills; one sister, MacLynn Larsen, La Crescenta, Calif.; six nephews, Ronald Hoyme, Bruce Hoyme, Neal Hoyme, Eric Hoyme, David Larsen and Thomas Larsen; four nieces, Joyce Packer, Susan Schussler, Holly Willmer and Sandra Wollum; and their respective families. Mrs. McCune was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jack McCune, and one brother, Neal Hoyme.
