Avalyn G. McGinley (nee Wilson) went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 27, 2020.
Avalyn was born August 31, 1935 in Emporia, Kansas to George Clay Wilson and Mary Alice (nee Essick) Wilson. She graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia with an Education degree and a Music minor. She earned her Masters at UMSL and had a fulfilling career as a teacher in the Webster Groves School District. After retiring from teaching, she home schooled her grandchildren through grade school, and was their first piano teacher.
Avalyn was a dear mother to Shannon Woods, and a constant supportive presence for her grandchildren, Timothy (Heather), Brian, and Ellen. She was a loving great-grandmother as well as a cherished sister to Suzanne (Val) Hayworth and Georgene (Jim) Boyd.