Minten, Peter 1904-1977

MINTEN, KUIPER

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Date: 2/28/2011 at 17:52:48

From the Sioux Center News of Dec 28, 1977
Obituaries
Peter Mintcn
Alton-Peter Minten, 73, of Alton died Saturday at an Orange City hospital after a lengthy illness.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.
Mary's Catholic Church, Alton. The Rev. Mervin Hood officiated. Burial was in the parish cemetery under direction of the Fisch Funeral Home of Remsen. The Rosary was recited at 3 and 8 p.m. Monday by the parish and at 8:30 p.m. Monday by the Knights of Columbus at the parish hall.
Mr. Minten was born Aug. 4, 1904 in Alton and was a life-long Alton area resident. He married Ruth Kuiper on March 17,1943 in South Sioux City.
He was the owner and manager of the Alton Bowling Alley for more than 25 years, retiring in 1969. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Mr. Minten was a member of the Knights
of Columbus in Le Mars, the American
Legion post in Alton, the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America
in Sioux City and St. Mary's Catholic:-
Church, Alton.
Survivors include the widow; two daughters,
Mrs. Martin (Gail) Pugh of Albuqucrque, N.M. and Mrs. Wayne (Mary) Frederes of Alton; a brother, Bernard of Alton; three sisters, Mrs. Rose Mousel and Mrs. Hilary (Olga) Konz, both of Sioux City, and Mrs. Theodore (Viola) Versteeg of Loveland, Colo.; and five grandchildren.