Hugh Timothy McKane

     A resident of Historic Brookhaven of 30 years passed away on May 25th from complications of Type I diabetes.  He was born on July 13, 1946, to parents, Hugh and Rita McKane.  Tim attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School and graduated from Marist School in 1965, The University of Georgia in 1969, and received his Master’s degree from Georgia State University in 1976.      Tim served his country as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Infantry attending Records School at Fort Carson, CO and completing Jungle School in the Panama Canal Zone.  In the Vietnam War, he served as Base Defense Coordinator in Quang Tri City and was a platoon leader in Operation Lam Son 719 involving the recapture of Khe Sanh and the Laos invasion.  Medically retired as a First Lieutenant, Tim was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received at Con Thien, called the “Hill of Angels” by local missionaries due to the massive amount of casualties occasioned there.  Forty-five of the sixty soldiers in the fight were killed.  While Tim spent months recovering in an Army hospital and the injuries sustained impacted Tim throughout his life, they never slowed his quest to enjoy life to the fullest, always cherishing old friendships and making new ones along the way.       Following the war, Tim became a teacher and coach at The Westminster Schools and at Woodward Academy, teaching English and coaching football and basketball.  He later worked at the 3M Company and then served as a Financial Advisor for the last thirty years, working for UBS (formerly PaineWebber/Kidder Peabody), and most recently with Morgan Keegan/Raymond James as Senior Vice President.  Tim served as a board member of the Georgia Securities Association was a past president of the Retail Securities Brokers of Georgia.      Over the years, Tim has served on the Board of Directors at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home and the Board of Visitors of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit.  Tim was particularly fond of Marist School where he served on the Alumni Board, and was a class delegate and former President of the Marist Alumni Council.  He received the Father James Hartnett Distinguished Alumni Service Award and was most proud of the honor given his admiration for, and close friendship with, Fr. Hartnett, Fr. Brogley and all of the Members of the Society of Mary who positively influenced his life.  He also enjoyed his time as a life member of the Capital City Club.      Tim is predeceased by his beloved wife of 30 years, Marie Sheahan McKane. He is survived by his loving son Kevin Patrick McKane of Nashville, TN, and daughter-in-law, Dr. Meg McKane, sister, Mary Daniell and brother-in-law John Daniell, and sister Susan Fritts and several nieces and nephews. The family requests that donations be given to the Marist School, in memory of Tim McKane, for the Tuition Assistance Program.  A funeral mass will be celebrated, Saturday, June 1st at eleven thirty at the Cathedral of Christ the King Catholic Church, Father Joel Konzen celebrant. Interment Arlington Memorial Park.  The family will receive friends, Friday, May 31st from five to seven o’clock with a Rosary at seven at H.M. Patterson and Son, Oglethorpe Hill Chapel, 4550 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30319, (404) 261-3510.