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Frank August Minger

Birth	:	9 Nov 1866 Millville, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	25 Oct 1959 Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Rosemont Cemetery, Plymouth, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.2940600, -90.9145680
Description	:	The Guttenberg Press, IA, Thursday, October 29, 1959, pg. 1, col. 5 MINGER RITES HELD TUESDAY Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from the Tuecke funeral home for Frank A. Minger, 92, one of Guttenberg's oldest residents who died shortly before noon Sunday of a heart ailment. The services were conducted by Rev. David Saunders, pastor of the Methodist church, and burial was in the Guttenberg City cemetery with the following as pallbearers: George Brown, Arthur Brown, Reuben White, Martin White, Lowell Minger and Carl Minger. The last of the family of 14 children of Mr. and Mrs. John Minger, Mr. Minger was... Read More	The Guttenberg Press, IA, Thursday, October 29, 1959, pg. 1, col. 5 MINGER RITES HELD TUESDAY Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from the Tuecke funeral home for Frank A. Minger, 92, one of Guttenberg's oldest residents who died shortly before noon Sunday of a heart ailment. The services were conducted by Rev. David Saunders, pastor of the Methodist church, and burial was in the Guttenberg City cemetery with the following as pallbearers: George Brown, Arthur Brown, Reuben White, Martin White, Lowell Minger and Carl Minger. The last of the family of 14 children of Mr. and Mrs. John Minger, Mr. Minger was born November 9, 1866, in Jefferson Township. On November 29, 1892, he married Fannie Patrick at Colesburg and the couple farmed for many years in the Guttenberg community before moving into Town. He had been a lifelong resident of the community. Surviving Mr. Minger are three sons, Harold Minger of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Larell and Byron Minger of Guttenberg; and one daughter, Mrs. Herman Christofferson of Postville. Also surviving are three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by Mrs. Minger, a son in infancy, and a daughter, Eneatha. +++ 1984 History of Clayton County, Iowa, pg. 516 Frank and Fannie Patrick Minger Frank August Minger was born in 1867 at Turkey River, Ia. He was the eighth child of the fourteen born to Johann and Elizabeth Hassig Minger. He attended country school in the Turkey River area and spent his childhood on the farm. He married Fannie Patrick in 1892. Fannie was born in 1864 at Wabasha, Minn., and grew up in the Turkey River area. She attended country school and went on to become a seamstress. They were the parents of six children, Bryon's twin dying at birth. Eneatha was born in 1893 and attended country schools. She worked in Milwaukee, Des Moines, and Guttenberg, and died in 1958. She never married. Harold was born in 1895, m. Loretta Ronge of Milwaukee, Wis. He worked for American Motors in Milwuukee for many years and retired in Guttenberg. Harold and Loretta both died in 1976. Larell b. in 1900, never married. He worked at many different jobs in and around Guttenberg. He died in 1964. Byron b. in 1903, m. Roma Bittner in 1928 (see Byron and Roma History). Rita b. in 1907, m. Herman A. Christofferson of Postville, Ia. They farmed in the Postville area and retired in Postville where Herman worked as a carpenter and Rita in her profession as a nurse. Frank and Fannie farmed in the Turkey River area until 1911, when they moved to Turkey River to operate the hotel. They moved to Guttenberg in 1914 and Larell, Byron, and Rita finished high school. Frank worked at the canning factory during the canning season and Fannie boarded high school children, mostly relatives from the Turkey River area. They have three grandchildren, Charlote Minger Baril, daughter of Byron and Roma Minger, and Don Christofferson and Jean Christofferson Bacon, children of Herman and Rita Christofferson. Frank died in 1958 and his wife Fannie in 1945. They are buried in the city cemetery along with Eneatha, Larell, Harold and wife and Byron.

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Frank August Minger's memorial is located at: Rosemont Cemetery, Plymouth, Hancock County, USA.
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Frank August Minger death on 25 Oct 1959 in Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.2940600
Longitude: -90.9145680

Family Members:

Parent

John Minger

(1827 - 1908)

Elizabeth Hassig Minger

(1834 - 1922)

Spouse

Fannie Adelia Patrick Minger

(1864 - 1945)

Siblings

John William Minger

(1856 - 1948)

Sarah Louisa Minger

(1859 - 1866)

George Minger

(1860 - 1943)

Emma Adeline Minger Kappen

(1862 - 1928)

Henry Minger

(1865 - 1948)

Charlotte M. Minger

(1871 - 1883)

Ellen Mary “Ella” Minger White

(1872 - 1948)

Charles Edward Minger

(1873 - 1955)

Children

(1893 - 1958)

(1895 - 1976)

(1900 - 1964)

(1903 - 1903)

Byron Russell “Barney” Minger

(1903 - 1962)

Rita Irene Minger Christofferson

(1907 - 1996)

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