Walter Lawrence Mcginness

WALTER LAWRENCE McGINNESS 69 OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 10, 2003. SERVICES WILL BE HELD 12:30 PM WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 2003 AT THE SPEAKS SUBURBAN CHAPEL. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD 2:30 PM WEDNESDAY AT LEAVENWORTH NATIONAL CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 7:00 TO 8:30 PM TUESDAY AT THE CHAPEL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS FAMILY SUGGESTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHILDRENS MERCY HOSPITAL. WALTER WAS BORN IN MARYVILLE, MO. ON MARCH 29, 1934 AND HAD LIVED IN THE INDEPENDENCE AREA FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. HE RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AFTER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE IN 1975. HE WAS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF MAC�S SUPPLY FOR THE PAST 26 YEARS. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS DALE J. & THELMA DeNEEN McGINNESS AND A SISTER CAROLYN HUMPHRIES. WALTER IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 47 YEARS YOSHIKO KOHARA McGINNESS OF THE HOME. 5 DAUGHTERS AND SONS IN LAW JEAN & JERRY WALKER, CHERREL & DANIEL FULLER BOTH OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. DEBBIE & BILL WOOLDRIDGE OF CARTHAGE, MO. CAREN McGINNESS OF KANSAS CITY, MO. AND JANET & JOHN KISSANE Jr. OF NEW JERSEY. 2 BROTHERS LELAND R. McGINNESS OF KANSAS CITY, MO., JOSEPH McGINNESS OF LATHROP, MO. 3 SISTERS ESTELLA CLEMENTS OF BARNARD, MO., PATRICA FELDEN OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. AND MARGARET FRUEH OF MARYVILLE, MO. 8 GRANDCHILDREN LORI ANNE HILLYARD, DANIELLE & BRANDI FULLER, SARAH & KERI WALKER, ASHLEY WOOLDRIDGE, CLAIRE & MOLLY KISSANE AND ONE GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER MACKENZIE ANNE HANKINS.