VISITOR AT TRAER
Traer, Ia. -- Miss Ramona Key, hospital apprentice first class in the Waves, arrived here Thursday from Pensacola, Fla., where she is stationed in the hospital at the navy air base. She was given a furlough to attend the funeral of her grandmother, who died at Webster, S.D., but arrived here to late to attend the services. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Key, Traer.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - October 22, 1943
Traer -- Wave Ramona Key, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Key of Traer, and Capt. Louis Morrison of Reinbeck were married Christmas day at the naval air station in Pensacola, Fla. The ceremony was performed by a navy chaplain.
Source: The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA - January 2, 1944
Mrs. Ramona Morrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Key, Traer, has been promoted in the Waves to rank of pharmacist's mate third class. She is now stationed at Gulfport, Miss.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - February 27, 1944
Loses Husband in War
Traer Woman Enlists
Her husband gave his life for his country and now Eleanor J. Miller, 24, Traer, Ia., is dedicating her life to the service for the duration. On Saturday afternoon she was sworn into the WAC by Lt. Eleanor Lee, recruiting officer at the army station in the federal building.
Mrs. Miller is shown in the photo holding a WAC cap. [See Ramona's sister's Tribute Link on this website.]
Mrs. Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Key, Traer, lost her husband on Sept. 14, when he was killed while serving in the Navy, attached to the Atlantic fleet at Natal, Brazil.
Her sailor husband, Floyd James Miller, was a ships cook first class. After he left for service, Mrs. Miller went to work with her father as automobile mechanic, and the experience she has had led her to sign up for the army air forces of the WAC as a mechanical worker.
Also in service from her family are a sister, Ramona Helen Key Morrison, pharmacists mate third class, WAVES; and a brother-in-law, Capt. Louis E. Morrison, Reinbeck, Ia., who has started his foreign duty.
Source: Waterloo Sunday Courier, March 26, 1944
Ramona Helen Key Morrison McKinney was born Sept. 3, 1921 to Howard H. and Hazel Robinson Key. She died Dec. 25, 2003 and is buried in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA.
Petty Officer McKinney served in World War II with the U.S. Navy WAVES. She was married to Louis Edgar Morrison and Herbert Ray McKinney. Louis served in World War II. Herbert served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
