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Rachel Brookshire McKinley passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, in the comfort of her own home, on Jan. 18, 2021. She was 63 years young.
Diagnosed a year ago with an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer, she was determined to hold on long enough to cast her vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in November 2020 and was thrilled to see their election confirmed in January 2021.
Rachel was born in Eugene, Ore., on Jan. 6, 1958, to Kenneth and Barbara Brookshire. Her father was working on his doctorate in psychology at the University of Oregon at the time and her mother was working as a nurse. The family moved to Canada for a brief spell and then to Lancaster, Penn., where she spent her childhood years while her father taught at Franklin and Marshall University. A sabbatical leave took the family to Turku, Finland, for a year, and they spent part of their time touring around Europe. This experience seeded Rachel’s lifelong zest for travel and getting to know and ....

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