Couple sees 6th child graduate from university
CHAMPAIGN – For the better part of two decades, the McKennas of rural Mason City have been regulars at the University of Illinois.
Much to the surprise of Phillip and Patricia McKenna, on Sunday, Chancellor Richard Herman publicly thanked them for the investment and sacrifice they have made in sending all six of their children to the UI at Urbana-Champaign.
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