MINNICK, Arch - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Arch Minnick, age 73, a life resident of the Veedersburg community, died at 2:30 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, at his home near Stone Bluff. He had been in failing health three years and seriously ill six weeks. Born Sept. 22, 1888, near Stone Bluff, he was the son of Fletcher and Sarah Simmerman Minnick. He was married Aug. 28, 1909, to Goldie Drollinger, who survives. A farmer and construction worker, he had retired several years ago. Survivors include his wife; four sons, Walter of Fairmount, Angus of Stone Bluff, Dewey of Lebanon and Simon of Wingate; three daughters, Mrs. Audrey Lowery, Mrs. Fern Carthers and Mrs. Ethel Overpeck, all of Veedersburg; three sisters, Mrs. Prudent Hoagland of Stone Bluff, Mrs. Gertrude Solomon of Riverside and Mrs. Hazel Posers of Reno, Calif.; 26 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and three step grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Sterling Church of God. The Rev. Jack Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Osborne Prairie Cemetery. The J. Fred Parham Funeral Home of Veedersburg is in charge. The body is at the family residence near Stone Bluff where friends may call.  -- typed by Walt W