Harold Mcginnis

Harold Wesley "Mickey" McGinnis, 96, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018. He was born in Denver, Colorado on February 14, 1921, the son of Carl and Eva McGinnis. \r\n \r\nHis family moved to California, where Mickey spent most of his life. Following high school, he married Barbara Rogerson in 1941, joined the U.S. Army and served on the front lines in North Africa, Europe, and eventually Germany during WWII. Mickey was one of the few survivors of the Battle of the Bulge. \r\n \r\nAfter the war, he became a bricklayer, then a master stonemason, designing brickwork and eventually fishponds and patio gardens that were in great demand in the San Francisco Bay area. He raised Koi carp, orchids and begonias, and created museum quality pottery with intricate original American Indian designs. He designed and then built handmade wooden furniture, as well as stained glass windows, calligraphy, and Japanese brush painting. \r\n \r\nTwo years ago, he relocated to Kerrville, Texas and earned a reputation as "The Singing Man", singing vintage songs to people of all ages wherever he happened to be, enjoying the opportunity to brighten their day. \r\n \r\nMickey is survived by his sons, Michael McGinnis and his wife Sylvia McGinnis, James McGinnis and his wife Kathleen McGinnis, and daughter Wendy McGinnis; his grandchildren Jaime Bingham, Shawn McGinnis and his wife Teresita McGinnis, Chris McGinnis, Bryan Riggs, and five great-grandchildren, as well as his beloved caregiver Jennifer Abercrombie. \r\n \r\nA memorial tribute may be announced later.\r\n \r\n