McGINNIS, Martha S.: Died 1984

MCGINNIS, WEISS, SELLER

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Date: 12/31/2021 at 08:49:32

**Handwritten: Ott. C 4 June

Martha McGinnis

FAIRFIELD - Martha S. McGinnis, 76, of 1205 S. Fifth died at 8:30 p.m. June 1, 1984, at the Jefferson County Hospital.

She was born April 8, 1908, in Heilbronn, Germany, to Karl and Elizabeth Weiss Seller. She married Wilbur E. McGinnis on Oct. 23, 1945, in Peoria, Ill. The couple farmed in the rural Stockport area since 1951 and moved to Fairfield in 1973. She had worked 19 years in food service for the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute, and also worked seven years in the dietary food service at Parson's College, the Henry County Health Care Center and Jefferson County Hospital. She was a Fairfield. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star in Stockport.

Survivors include her husband; a son, William of Middletown; two granddaughters; three sisters and one brother, all living in Germany.

The service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral home, the Rev. Paul Vaughan officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Visitation is 7-8 p.m. today.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 195,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA