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LARRY D. MCGINNIS, 67

January 23, 2002 The Waynedale News Staff

Larry D. McGinnis, 67, died Sunday, January 13 at Lutheran Hospital. A native of Glenwhite, West Virginia, he worked at International Paper (Wabash Fiber Box) for 27 years and was treasurer of Pace International Union 6-1055. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He is preceded in death by a daughter Tricia Jean McGinnis, brothers Shorty, Jack, Thomas, Eddie, and a sister Zora Mae McGinnis.

He is survived by his wife Sherry McGinnis, Fort Wayne; daughters Heather McGinnis, Fort Wayne; Mariah McGinnis, Fort Wayne; Rebecca Brown, Fort Wayne; Sara Stein, Wolcottville, Indiana; sisters Cora Short, Fort Wayne; Maxine Combs, Fort Wayne; Dorothy Moos, Indianapolis; Pat Cipollari, Rensellor, New York; brothers Ira Dick McGinnis, Eccles, West Virginia; Bob McGinnis, Winstom Salem, North Carolina; and 3 Grandsons.

Services were held Friday, January 18 at Elzey Patterson Rodak Home for Funerals with burial in Prairie Grove Cemetery. Memorials to the family.

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