Mrs. Agnes (McKay) Hankins, age 93, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on January 3, 1923, in Craig Township in Switzerland County, Indiana, the loving daughter of the late, Thomas Dyer and Mary Emma (Lummer) McKay. She was raised in Switzerland County, Indiana, where she was a 1941 graduate of Vevay High School. Agnes was united in marriage on December 22, 1967, in Madison, Indiana, to the late, Gilbert Hankins. Agnes was a former employee for Reliance Electric in Madison, Indiana, retiring after 15 years of service and for the US Shoe Factory in Vevay, Indiana, for 4 years. She was a member of the Union Baptist Church in Lamb, Indiana. Agnes resided all of her life in the Switzerland County community. Agnes enjoyed farming and sewing and was a wonderful homemaker. Agnes passed away at 11:20 am, Saturday, December 31, 2016, at the Swiss Villa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Vevay, Indiana.
Agnes will be dearly missed by her loving sister: Jean Romans and her husband: Norman of Vevay, IN; her step-daughter: Darlene Cohan of Port Charlotte, FL; her step-grandchildren: Dana Lynn Cairnie and Dee Scull; her step-great-grandchildren: Jeremy Liter, Brooke Cairnie and Breanne Cairnie and her several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Thomas Dyer and Mary Emma (Lummer) McKay; her husband: Gilbert Hankins, died August 3, 2000; her sisters: Louise Stout, Ruth Hines, Alice Wheeler, Esther McKay and Edith Reed and her brothers: Thomas, Albert and Frederick McKay.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 7, 2017, at 11:00 am, by Rev. Mike Barnes at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.
Interment will follow in the Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana.
Friends may call 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Friday, January 6, 2017, at the Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home 208 Ferry Street Vevay, Indiana 47043.
Memorial contributions may be made to Union Baptist Church. Cards are available at the funeral home.