Charles "Chuck" Russell McKee

Charles "Chuck" "Bud" McKee died on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at Desire For Healing. A  memory care facility in Pendleton Oregon. He was born in Cashmere, Washington on August 15, 1936 to Charles and Mary Anna McKee. He graduated from Pendleton High School in 1954.  After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and then graduated from the Navy school of music.  He was assigned to the USS Iowa as part of the admiral's band. When his time in the Navy was over, he worked in many areas as a radio and T.V. broadcasting.  Chuck was a weather man for the station KLAS in Las Vegas, Nevada for many years.
Chuck leaves behind his wife, Joyce Bennett McKee, and his sister Sherrill Byers.
He was proceeded in death by his parents and his brother, Thomas McKee.