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IN LOVING MEMORY OF J.W. Minor
J.W.
Minor
May 21, 1922 — Nov 21, 2016
J.W. Minor's Obituary
MINNEOLA, KANSAS – J.W. Minor, Jr., 94, died Monday, November 21, 2016 at the Kansas Soldiers Home, Halsey Hall, Ft. Dodge, Kansas.
He was born May 21, 1922 at Ashland, the son of John "Slim" William, Sr. and Violette Aretta (Demmitt) Minor. He was a 1941 graduate of Bloom High School and attended Dodge City Junior College. He served in the United States Army Air Corp from 1942 to 1945. A longtime Ford and Clark County resident, he was a farmer and retired rural letter carrier.
He was a member of the Ashland United Methodist Church, Rural Letter Carriers Association, Gideons, American Legion, and a Silver Hair Legislator for 2 years. He was a former Board Member of the Iroquois Center, Greensburg and Pioneer-Krier Museum in Ashland as well as volunteering for Southwest Kansas for the Visually Impaired.
On May 28, 1944 he married Eunice Marie Plantz at Palmer Lake, Colorado. She preceded him in death on November 25, 1989. On September 5, 1992 he married Anna Jean Pike Wilson at the Ashland United Methodist Church.
Survivors include: his wife, Anna Jean, Ashland; 5 children, John Minor, III and wife Carol, Filmore, Missouri, Lawrence Minor and wife Connie, Georgia, Floyd Minor and wife Vicki, Minneola, Jeanine Mills, Corpus Christi, Texas and Kathleen Lutz and husband Steve, Wright, Kansas; a sister, Joan Marshall and husband Duane, Minneola; 15 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Lewis Dean "L.D." Minor and his wife, Esther, an infant sister, Arretta and a son-in-law, Doug Mills.
Funeral service will be 10:00 am Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the Minneola United Methodist Church with Rev. Francis Kinyua and Rev. Rick Branson officiating. Burial will follow in the Appleton Township Cemetery, Minneola with full military honors by the American Legion and Military Honors for the State of Kansas. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Friday at Minnis Mortuary, Minneola.
The family suggests memorials to the church in care of Minnis Mortuary, P.O. Box 459, Minneola, Kansas 67865.
He was born May 21, 1922 at Ashland, the son of John "Slim" William, Sr. and Violette Aretta (Demmitt) Minor. He was a 1941 graduate of Bloom High School and attended Dodge City Junior College. He served in the United States Army Air Corp from 1942 to 1945. A longtime Ford and Clark County resident, he was a farmer and retired rural letter carrier.
He was a member of the Ashland United Methodist Church, Rural Letter Carriers Association, Gideons, American Legion, and a Silver Hair Legislator for 2 years. He was a former Board Member of the Iroquois Center, Greensburg and Pioneer-Krier Museum in Ashland as well as volunteering for Southwest Kansas for the Visually Impaired.
On May 28, 1944 he married Eunice Marie Plantz at Palmer Lake, Colorado. She preceded him in death on November 25, 1989. On September 5, 1992 he married Anna Jean Pike Wilson at the Ashland United Methodist Church.
Survivors include: his wife, Anna Jean, Ashland; 5 children, John Minor, III and wife Carol, Filmore, Missouri, Lawrence Minor and wife Connie, Georgia, Floyd Minor and wife Vicki, Minneola, Jeanine Mills, Corpus Christi, Texas and Kathleen Lutz and husband Steve, Wright, Kansas; a sister, Joan Marshall and husband Duane, Minneola; 15 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Lewis Dean "L.D." Minor and his wife, Esther, an infant sister, Arretta and a son-in-law, Doug Mills.
Funeral service will be 10:00 am Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the Minneola United Methodist Church with Rev. Francis Kinyua and Rev. Rick Branson officiating. Burial will follow in the Appleton Township Cemetery, Minneola with full military honors by the American Legion and Military Honors for the State of Kansas. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Friday at Minnis Mortuary, Minneola.
The family suggests memorials to the church in care of Minnis Mortuary, P.O. Box 459, Minneola, Kansas 67865.
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