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Linn County News

Published July 3, 2024

 

Arthur “Clark” McGinnis, age 69, of Pleasanton, Kansas, passed away at his farm on June 23, 2024, as the result of an accident. He was born the son of Arthur Edgar and Mary Lorene Moslander McGinnis on June 18, 1955, in Fort Scott, Kan. Clark graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1973, and attended Pittsburg State University for a brief time before coming back to work at the family farm. Throughout the years he was a very hard worker, cutting thousands upon thousands of cords of firewood and managing the cattle on the farm. He was a very humble man and chiseled deeply in his faith and love in the Lord. He would ask anyone he met if they knew the Lord. Clark was an elder at the Pleasanton First Christian Church. He loved tending to the farm, watching football as well as supporting his grandkids at their games, cracking jokes and reading his Bible. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister, Brenda McGinnis Ungeheuer. 

He is survived by his wife of twenty-three years, Marylin McGinnis; a son, Brandon McGinnis (Becky); two daughters, Angela McGinnis McElwain, Jennifer McGinnis (Ashley); a stepson, Chet Hunter (Ale); a stepdaughter, Charlotte Hunter Springer (Isaac); seven grandchildren, Dalton McGinnis (Marlee), Rylee McGinnis, Eli McGinnis, Gage McGinnis, Creed McGinnis, Skyler McElwain, Tanner McElwain, and five step-grandchildren: Mirage Hunter, Mach Hunter, Austin Hunter, Wyatt Springer and Rayne Campbell; a sister, Jana McGinnis King (Glen); a brother-in-law, David Ungeheuer; two nieces, Christel Torneden and Karah Ungeheuer Norton (Cory;) and two nephews, Kolby Ungeheuer (Kathi) and Erich Torneden.

Visitation was held at Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton Chapel on Sunday, June 30, 2024, from 3 to 6 p.m. (Ice cream was served per his request.) A Celebration of Life was held at First Christian Church of Pleasanton at 6 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2024. The funeral procession lead from Pleasanton to the farm he loved so much and will end at the Pleasanton Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to the Pleasanton First Christian Church and may be sent in care of Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory P.O. Box 525 Pleasanton, Kansas  66075.  Online condolences may be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.

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