Little Silver resident, Sigrid Yaud McKinney, passed away peacefully on Sept. 27 “in the comfort of her home … ” She was 86. in Little Silver.

Sigrid was born in Salzburg, Austria, where she spent her early years. In the spring of 1958, Sigrid and her mother, Margaret Yaud, emigrated to the United States and began a new life together in the aftermath of the Second World War in New York City. It was there, in 1959, that Sigrid met her late husband, Peter McKinney, on the subway. They were married for 64 years until Peter’s passing in 2024.

Sigrid is survived by: her daughter, Sharon Herman, and her husband, Clark; her son, Edward McKinney, and his wife, Emily; her daughter, Jennifer McKinney Bromage, and her husband, Dan; her grandchildren, Harry and Sasha Herman, of Fair Haven; Kathryn and Peter T. McKinney II, of Henrico, VA; and Emily and Thomas Bromage of Oswestry, England.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, Oct. 2, at 2 p.m. at St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church, 7 Lincoln Ave., Rumson, NJ 07760. Interment will be private.

— Edited obituary prepared by family via Thompson Memorial Home

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