Obiturary of E. McGinty of Grinnell, Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: Kathy Reynolds Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 Subject: IA GenWeb Archives Submission-Obituary ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ I recently obtained a transcript of my great-grandfather's obituary which I would like to submit. It was printed in The Grinnell Register, Grinnell, Iowa on Monday Dec. 20, 1920. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E. McGinty, Faithful Employee, Died Suddenly While At Work E. McGinty, one of the most faithful employee of the Grinnell Clay Products Company, died very suddenly while at his work, last Friday morning. He had not complained of being ill until a few minutes before his death. Apoplexy was given as the cause. Mr. McGinty had lived in Grinnell for many years and he and his two boys had been employed by the Clay Products Company for sometime. He was one of the foremen of the place and was well liked by the members of the firm. Elias McGinty was born at East Grove, Lee County, Illinois May 22, 1864 the third in a family of four children. He grew up on the farm attending country school and acpuiring, those habits of industry that characterized his manhood. When twenty years of age he came out to central Iowa where he worked for a time on a farm and then took up railroading. He was married to Miss Mable Doty of St. Charles, Iowa, January 14, 1894. To them were born nine children, of whom six are still living. Shortly after the birth of their first child, Mary, the family moved to Des Moines. There Mr. McGinty learned the buriness of making brick and tile which he followed the rest of his life. He was employed for a number of years in the factory of Mr. Charles Rawson. Six years ago the family came to Grinnell and mr. McGinty has been steadily employed in the Brick and Tile Factory here. He had always been a well man and all his family find it hard to understand his sudden death. Mr. McGinty was a reliable, capable conscientious workman the kind this country needs. In his home he was quiet, considerate and devoted husband and father beloved. He is survived by a brother Leonard McGinty of Ohio, Illinois; a sister Mrs. Margaret LaFoe, New Wilson, Oklahoma, his wife and six children, Mrs. Mary Art, Charles, Leonard, Mable, Elmer and Clarence. Funeral services were conducted at the home 709 Elm St. Sunday afternoon by Rev. E.W. Cross. The body was taken to the family lot in the cemetery at Wick for interment.