Jewel Myrl McGinnis (1903-2005)

MCGINNIS, FITCHPATRICK, BARKER

Posted By: Tri-County Times
Date: 9/22/2005 at 16:50:21

TRI COUNTY TIMES, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, September 22, 2005.

Jewel Myrl (Fitchpatrick) McGinnis, 102, of Mitchellville, went to be with the Lord Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Farrar United Methodist Church. Burial was in the Farrar Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Mitchell Village Care Center.

Jewel was born Aug. 7, 1903, at Lockwood, Mo., the daughter of James Thomas and Eva Nora (Barker) Fitchpatrick. On Aug. 3, 1924, she was united in marriage to Jim McGinnis. Jim preceded her in death March 27, 1970. Three sons were born to this union, Wayne, Bill and Jerry. They moved to the Farrar area on Feb. 12, 1930, where they worked on a farm until moving into Farrar on Feb. 18, 1954. Jewel worked at the Farrar Community School as one of the cooks from 1955 to 1970. Jewel moved to Nevada in the summer of 1981 and later to Altoona before moving to Mitchellville. She pieced many beautiful quilts, one for every son and every grandchild. After 90 years of age, she crocheted a quilt for every great-grandchild. She was a loving person, a homemaker who loved working in the garden and with her flowers.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Doris McGinnis of Altoona, Jerry and Terry McGinnis of Boone; 12 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Melvin Wayne McGinnis in 2004, a brother: Earl M. Fitchpatrick; and 3 sisters, Edith Ray and Willie Pearl in their childhood, and Rosa Rhoads.

The Bacon Funeral Home in Maxwell handled arrangements.

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