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BECOMING
INTRODUCING
JOSEPH NEIL McGINNIS, JR.
(FROM HIS FAMILY, THEN ME)
BY JACQUELYN FOGEL
[I am so grateful Joe’s family shared this with me. It has so many details of which I was unaware. Funny how you think you know someone, then find out how much you forgot to ask about.]–JF
Joe Neil Mcginnis, Jr. passed away at home on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, after battling health issues for many years.
Joe was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 25, 1953, the first son of Joseph, Sr. and Harriet Mae (Birmingham) McGinnis.
Besides Chicago and Elmhurst (IL), Joe lived in Indianapolis (IN), Madison (WI), Dubuque (IA), Gale- na (IL), New York City (NY), the Nashville (TN) area, Kansas City (KS), and Lakeland (FL).
Joe joined a family that included his three older sisters and was expanded several years later when his younger brother was born. By the time he entered first grade, his family had relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana where he first laid his eyes on a Pekingese owned by rela- tives of a neighbor. Thus began a lifelong love for our canine companions.
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