Minner, Louis R., 1879-1938

MINNER, VOS, HARRINGTON

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:36

From the Sioux County Capital, May 5, 1938:

Lou Minner of Gilbert, Arizona died Friday morning after a long illness. For eight months he had been in a Phoenix, Ariz. hospital where he passed away. Death was caused by a streptococcus infection.

Mr. Minner was born at Garwin, Ia. 59 years ago. In 1900 he came to Orange City as dispatcher for the Northwestern railroad. He worked at this for six years and then purchased a dray line which he operated until 1920 when the family left for Gilbert to benefit Mrs. Minner’s health. The latter, who survives him, is an invalid confined to a wheel chair. Mrs. Minner’s illness was aggravated when she was thrown to the ground by the collapse of a grandstand in Sioux Center years ago.

In 1904, Mr. Minner was married to Miss Arta Vos, the daughter of Joseph Vos at one time postmaster of Orange City. They were the parents of one daughter, Leona, who is now Mrs. George Rich of Ray, Arizona. There is also one grandchild, Norman. Besides his wife and daughter, Mr. Minner is survived by one sister. Burial was made Monday at Gilbert.

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From the Arizona Republic, April 30, 1938:

Motor Company Employee Dies

GILBERT—Louis R. Minner, 58 years old, resident here 23 years, died yesterday morning in a Phoenix hospital, following an illness of nearly a year.

Mr. Minner was employed by the Blakely Motor Company here for 19 years. He is survived by his wife, Orta; a daughter, Mrs. George Rich, Ray; and a sister, Mrs. A. A. Binford, Kansas City, Mo.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow from the M. L. Gibbons Mortuary. The Rev. J. Russell Bates will officiate.

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RESEARCH NOTES

His death certificate shows him as Louis R. Minner, residence Gilbert, Arizona; born September 26, 1879 in Bell Plain, Iowa; parents George Minner, born in Iowa, and Ruth Hairington; wife Orta Minner; occupation school janitor; died in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, at 9:15 a.m. April 29, 1938; cause, terminal pneumonia; contributory causes, “abscess temporal lobe, chronic mastaidites[?] left Ostionephitis[?] of frontal bone, meningitis (strep) septicaemia (strep)”; an operation for “removal frontal bone” had been performed; buried at Mesa, Arizona.

His FindaGrave.com page gives his full name as Louis Russell Minner and adds his burial place, City of Mesa Cemetery; spouse Arta H. Vos Minner (1881-1964); daughter Leona La Verne Minner Rich (1905-1998); with a photo of his headstone.

The Sioux County marriage register for 1903 shows groom Louis R. Minner, age 25, resident of Orange City, a railroad agent, born in Belle Plain, parents Geo. Minner and Ruth Harrington; bride Arta H. Vos, age 23, resident of Orange City, born in Orange City, parents Joseph Vos and Mary Overkamp; married in Orange City January 1, 1904.

The 1910 U.S. census shows him as a resident of Orange City; occupation draying, odd jobs; with wife and daughter. In the 1920 census they are residents of Alma Precinct, Maricopa County, Arizona, where he is doing clerical work. In 1930 he and Arta are living in Gilbert, where he is the bookkeeper for a garage.

His World War I draft registration card (Sept. 1918) shows him a resident of Orange City, a drayman; medium height and build, blue eyes, dark hair.