Mary Margaret “Marge” McGinnis, 93, Atchison, Kansas died Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Atchison Medicalodge.

Mass of Christian burial will be Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Benedict Catholic Church with Rev. Jeremy Heppler, OSB as celebrant.  Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.  A parish rosary will be recited Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:30 P.M. in the chapel of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with visitation to follow until 8:00 P.M.  Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Benedict Parish; St. Benedict Elementary School or Maur Hill-Mount Academy and may be left in care of Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home.

Marge was born January 11, 1927 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Ruhlman Smith.  She attended St. Benedict Elementary School and graduated from Mount St. Scholastica Academy in 1944.

She and Everett A. “Mick” McGinnis were united in marriage on September 1, 1948 at St. Benedict Church.  Mr. McGinnis preceded her in death on April 16, 2006.

Marge was a homemaker.  She was a member of St. Benedict Parish and the Altar Society of the church.  She was also a member of the bridge roundelay.  In her spare time she enjoyed playing bridge; baking; golf and embroidering.

She is survived by a son, Michael G. “Greg” McGinnis, Medellin, Columbia; seven daughters, Cathy (Jim) Lowry, Lenexa, KS; Debbie (Mike) Hundley, Cummings, KS; Mary Jo (Kevin) VanDyke, Atchison, KS; Lori (Fred) Simmens, Jamestown, MO; Susie Arensberg, Grandview, MO; Peggy (Tim) Olson, Atchison, KS; Amy (Marc)  Berry, Olathe, KS; nineteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Steve McGinnis; a son-in-law, JoJo Arensberg and two grandsons, Michael and Chase McGinnis.