COUPLE PLANNING ON CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY
Riceville – The children of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Minnis will be hosta at an open house in the Minnis home northwest of Riceville Saturday in honor of their golden wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives are to call from 2 to 4 p.m.
Arthur Minnis and Ethel Barker were married in the home of the bride's parents south of Little Cedar, February 26, 1913. They made their first home northwest of Riceville.
They are parents of four children, Robert, Riceville; Dr. Roy Minnis, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Marley (Anna) McClanahan, Dayton, Ohio; and Miss Isabelle Minnis, Aurora, Ill. They have six grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minnis will be assisted by his brother and sisters at the Open House. The day is also the birthday of Mrs. Arthur Minnis.
Mason City Globe Gazette, February 18, 1963
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Arthur Minnis observed his 100th birthday on December 16, 1983, as a resident of the Riceville Community Rest Home, with a party.
Arthur was born in Jenkins township, Mitchell county, Iowa, on December 16, 1883, where he lived his entire life on the same farm. He attended a country school where his father taught him the 3 R's. His mother and father were William and Martha Ellen Minnis.
Arthur died in November 1984, at the age of 100 years and 11 months.
[Based on a newspaper article on file at the Riceville Public Library, and the Social Security Death Index.](KK)
COUPLE PLANNING ON CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY
Riceville – The children of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Minnis will be hosta at an open house in the Minnis home northwest of Riceville Saturday in honor of their golden wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives are to call from 2 to 4 p.m.
Arthur Minnis and Ethel Barker were married in the home of the bride's parents south of Little Cedar, February 26, 1913. They made their first home northwest of Riceville.
They are parents of four children, Robert, Riceville; Dr. Roy Minnis, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Marley (Anna) McClanahan, Dayton, Ohio; and Miss Isabelle Minnis, Aurora, Ill. They have six grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minnis will be assisted by his brother and sisters at the Open House. The day is also the birthday of Mrs. Arthur Minnis.
Mason City Globe Gazette, February 18, 1963
#2
Arthur Minnis observed his 100th birthday on December 16, 1983, as a resident of the Riceville Community Rest Home, with a party.
Arthur was born in Jenkins township, Mitchell county, Iowa, on December 16, 1883, where he lived his entire life on the same farm. He attended a country school where his father taught him the 3 R's. His mother and father were William and Martha Ellen Minnis.
Arthur died in November 1984, at the age of 100 years and 11 months.
[Based on a newspaper article on file at the Riceville Public Library, and the Social Security Death Index.](KK)
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