Katherine Angevine ‘Angie’ McKinstry
October 13, 1942 – August 11, 2024
Angie was an amazing and extraordinary person. She was the role model for strength, class, integrity, and patriotism. She was inquisitive, spunky, and fearless; living life her own way and never conforming to standard protocol.
Angie was the proud mother of David Angevine McKinstry and Lydia McKinstry. Her children could never have achieved the things they achieved in life without her support, encouragement, and wisdom. She taught them how to be strong, have integrity, and love genuinely.
Together with the love of her life, Dene Gober, Angie established and maintained an advertising agency and television production company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Angie and Dene were partners for nearly 30 years; not just running the business together, but also hunting, fishing, and adventuring the world together. Throughout her life, Angie visited South America, Central America, Eastern and Western Europe, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Africa, and most of the United States. After Dene’s passing in 2002, Angie continued to honor his legacy and care for the business they had built and were successful with for 49 years.
Angie was involved in politics her entire life; in love with America and the values and principles it was established upon. As a young teenager, she volunteered for the United States Peace Corp, and changed the lives of people in Columbia. She was a lifelong supporter of the US military and our veterans. For several years she served as the Rocky Mountain Regional President of the Navy League of the United States and received honors for her behind the scenes involvement in the commissioning of the Virginia-class nuclear submarine USS New Mexico.
Angie loved books and was a prolific reader; especially fond of stories about espionage, history, and politics. She was a fan of baseball, golf, and horseracing. She loved music of the Big Band era, as well as Latin music, and she adored classic movies from the 40’s and 50’s.
In 2020 Angie left New Mexico for Boise, Idaho, in order to be closer to her children in the Pacific Northwest. Here she not only continued to maintain her business, but she took a part-time job at Home Depot. She was infinitely happy and spoke often and very highly of her customers and coworkers.
Close friends and loved ones have spoken of Angie as an amazing friend who gave unconditional support and kindness, one who could always be counted upon, one who went beyond necessary to take care of those she loved and befriended. She was genuine, caring, and larger than life.
She is loved, and cherished, and has left a huge hole in all of our hearts, but Angie would say God will fill these holes with joy and happy memories of our time with her.
She was an extraordinary lady and will forever be missed.
We love you,
David, Becky, Lydia and Greg
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