Peggy A. McInnis

Peg (Peggy) A. McInnis, 91, a Renaissance woman, peacefully ended her life journey in San Antonio, TX, on October 11, 2020, after a contentious 13 months and ten days, finally reunited with her beloved Alexander (Alex) B. McInnis, who called her “my beautiful Bride!” until his end. An award winning artist, self-taught, talented and adventurous gourmet cook, avid and prolific reader, volunteer librarian, bilingual in Spanish, successful video poker player, and mother of four, Peg lived in Latin America and various cities in the United States.

Born to the late Clarence D. and Margaret Rogers, on July 11, 1929, in Port Chester, NY, Peg grew up in homes in New Rochelle and Larchmont, NY with her younger brother Donald Littel. She graduated from Mamaroneck High School in 1946. She attended Elmira College, then transferred to the School of Journalism in Syracuse University in 1948, where she eventually met Alex. She was an active member of the Syracuse Spanish Club and dated the young Dick Clark of American Bandstand fame. Peg graduated from Syracuse in 1951 and married Alex soon after on September 8, 1951. She also graduated from the Famous Artists’ School in Westport, CT. While living in Fort Worth, TX, Peg and Alex welcomed their daughter, Dale Marie, in 1953, and son, Scott Alexander, in 1955. While living in the Gulf Oil camps in Venezuela, S. America, they welcomed their second son, Gavin Hugh, in 1961 and second daughter, Robin Amanda (Mandy), in 1962.

Peg found her “artist” while living in South America. She worked in various media, including oils, watercolor, pen and ink, charcoal and Prismacolor, but found her passion -scratchboard, or drawing with a knife - while living in Oklahoma City, OK. To bring out the detail of her subjects, Peg added select touches of color to the stark black and white images to make them “vibrantly alive”. Active in local art groups in Oklahoma City, she served as President of the South Oklahoma City Art Association for two years and as a co-chairman of Arts Festival Oklahoma. She participated in juried shows across the States, and she won numerous awards in the United States and Latin America, including 3 Best of Show, 8 Equal Merit, 5 First Places, 6 Second Places, 3 Third Places, 8 Honorable Mentions, and was selected for the Distinguished Artist Award, Little Rock, AR. Her works can be found in numerous private collections on both continents and in England.

Invitations to meals cooked by Peg were much sought after. Peg loved “visiting” other countries through their cuisine, and mastered eating with chopsticks. Rather than “What’s for dinner?”, her family would often ask “Mom, what country are we eating in today?” During a meal hosted at the Japanese Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, S. America, Peg was the only guest to join the hosts in eating with chopsticks. Peg also ran a successful baked goods catering business out of her kitchen while in the Gulf Oil camp, while also serving as the volunteer lead librarian for the camp library. Known for her immense collection of frogs - figurines, illustrations, jewelry, etc. -- frogs were often featured in her artwork and she included a froggy face in her signature. Peg, a winning video poker aficionado, was a familiar figure in the local Oklahoma casinos, especially when a stroke in 2002 limited her travels to out-of-state casinos.

Predeceased by her brother, Donald, in 1975, Peg is survived by her four children, their spouses, Gary Glover (Dale), Dianna (aka Amparo) (Scott), Aydee (Gavin) and William (Bill) Nixon (Mandy); eight grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild; her sister-in-law, Zita; niece Cindi Rogers Harris and nephew Robert, eight great-nieces and nephews and 13 great-great nieces and nephews. Years earlier Peg gifted each of her children a collection of her recipes. Family treasures, the recipes are much used remembrances of special times to carry forward. We know she is with Alex now, dancing like they used to before Peg had her stroke.

A private celebration of Peg’s life will take place once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. In lieu of flowers, if you would like to donate in her memory, the family requests you donate to one of Peg’s favorite charities, the ASPCA. Donations can be made online at:

https://secure.aspca.org/donate