In
Lasting Memory
A Tribute to 555 Cousins Who Have
Passed Away Since
July 2000
See the lists for 2004-2005,
2002-2003
and 2000-2001
and our Honor Roll and Cemetery
Cleanups pages
The incessant march of time continues to take a huge toll on
our extended family of thousands of cousins.
Sadly, in the years that have elapsed since July 2000, when we started counting, an alarming number of Minerd- Minard- Miner- Minor cousins and spouses has passed away. We extend our deepest sympathy to their loved ones.
The data suggest that we lose a cousin once every 5.41 days on average. No epidemic is at work. Rather, this generally is a result of the aging of the baby boom generation. It's a staggering toll.
Only a small fraction of the total names at death were some form of M-M-M-M. Not surprisingly, everyone else carried some other, different name. This is because, as the family has grown to an immense population, a greater percentage of cousins descend from females whose names have changed through marriage.
Jan. 1, 2008 to present (23):
Betty Jean (Heinbaugh) Hall - Uniontown,
PA - May 12, 2008
Family of Missouri (Younkin) Wingerd
Betty Jane (Richter) Nativio - Dunbar,
PA - May 11, 2008
Family of Mary Ann (Miner) Richter
Nellie E. (Burditt) Peters - formerly of
Oak Harbor, OH - May 1, 2008
Family of John
Minard Burditt
Clarence William Younkin Jr. -
Charleroi, PA - April 23, 2008
Family of Charles Arthur Younkin
Gertrude (Younkin) Christner Eckert
Donaldson - Somerset, PA - April 20, 2008
Family of John William "Emery"
Younkin
Last surviving attendee - First Minerd-Miner
Reunion of 1913
Norma J. (Harrison) Holsinger - New
Brighton, PA - April 15, 2008
Family of Austin J.
Firestone Sr.
F. Dean Kimmel - Woodbury, NJ - April 3,
2008
Family of John Andrew Miner
Albert "Ray" Minor - Sun City
Center, FL - April 2, 2008
Family of Charles Ray
Minor
Donald D. Grimm - Uniontown, PA - March
25, 2008
Families of John Ross Miner and John
N. Rose
Wilbert L. Rose - Bullskin
Twp./Connellsville, PA - March 11, 2008
Family of Ulysses
"Grant" Rose
Kenneth Lee Minerd - Los Angeles, CA - March
3, 2008
Family of William Alfred Minerd
Jack P. Shaffer Sr. - Hopwood, PA -
March 6, 2008
Family of Blanche (Minerd) McCabe
Evelyn (Swift) Reagan - Mentor, OH -
Feb. 29, 2008
Family of Leota
(Whetzel) Swift
Rose (Gerard) McClain - Smithfield, PA -
Feb. 24, 2008
Family of Margaret (Hoye) McClain
Ralph "David" Miner Jr. - Glen
Dale, MD - Feb. 14, 2008
Family of Ralph Miner
Terry G. Garletts - Uniontown, PA - Feb.
10, 2008
Family of James
Henry McKnight
John Riley Lloyd - Lancaster, PA - Feb.
6, 2008
Family of Mary Belle (Minerd) Riley
Pauline E. (Glisan) Harbaugh -
Confluence, PA - Jan. 24, 2008
Family of Robert Bacom Harbaugh Jr.
Lawrence "Bus" Greer -
Canonsburg, PA - Jan. 16, 2008
Family of Mary Catherine
(McKnight) Pratton
Chauncey L. Evans - Georgetown, DE -
Jan. 13, 2008
Family of Lucinda
"Jennie" (Miner) Turner Stevenson Paolone
Joyce K. (Ream) Darrell - McClellandtown,
PA - Jan. 7, 2008
Family of George W. Ream and Irene
(Miner) Welsh
Nancy E. (Bristol) Artemik Osterle -
Hanau, Germany - Jan. 4, 2008
Family of Harvey and
Ellen (Ferguson) Bristol
Clifford L. Hartman - Smithfield, PA -
Jan. 3, 2008
Family of Alfred Rankin
July 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2007 (27):
Ray S. "Deacon" Leonard -
Ohiopyle, PA - Dec. 31, 2007
Family of Christmas Leonard
Lowell Moennig - Fort Wayne, IN - Dec.
30, 2007
Family of John Reuben
Minerd
Velma Lucille (Bailey) Hetzer -
Somerset, PA - Dec. 29, 2007
Family of Rev. William Mullen Minerd
Mary Lucinda (Rodeheaver) Gray -
Keisterville, PA - Dec. 4, 2007
Family of Mary Ellen (Minerd)
Rodeheaver
Judy Elaine (Harbaugh) Varndell -
Markleysburg, PA - Dec. 1, 2007
Family of Robert Bacom Harbaugh Jr.
Patricia H. Berck - Pendleton, OR - Nov.
29, 2008
Family of Christina
(Younkin) Nedrow
Lawrence A. Scott - Connellsville, PA -
Nov. 29, 2007
Family of Mary (Minerd) Mayle
Ida Mae (Younkin) Peck - Confluence, PA
- Nov. 23, 2007
Family of Amanda
(Younkin) Hechler
Dorothy Anna (Ayers) Armstrong -
Indianapolis, IN - Nov. 10, 2007
Family of Susan Clara
(Dillow) West
Francis Eugene "Frank" Evans -
Fort Myers, FL - Oct. 30, 2007
Family of Lucinda
"Jennie" (Miner) Turner Stevenson Paolone
George Domer Snyder - Scottdale, PA -
Oct. 27, 2007
Family of James Dumphry
Crosby
Lyle F. Armstrong - Indianapolis, IN -
Oct. 27, 2007
Family of Susan Clara
(Dillow) West
Ann C. Davis-Minerd - Canton, OH - Oct.
26, 2007
Believed to be family of Bartholomew
"Beth" Minerd
Eva Rebecca (Shaffer) Zearfoss Lape -
Somerset, PA - Oct. 14, 2007
Family of Cecelia (Gorsuch) Zearfoss
Elmer R. Younkin - Connellsville, PA -
Sept. 28, 2007
Family of Warren Dempsey Younkin
Rita Shumaker - South Park (Pittsburgh),
PA - Sept. 22, 2007
Family of Missouri (Younkin)
Shumaker
Braden F. Minerd - Calumet, PA - Sept.
21, 2007
Family of Otis "Freed" Minerd
Edith (Wetzel) Cunkelman - Saltsburg, PA
- Sept. 20, 2007
Family of John Homer Wetzel
W. Gene Minich - Dublin, OH & New
Bethlehem, PA - Sept. 20, 2007
Family of Ruth (Minerd) Shaffer
Erick M. Foster - Muqdadiyah, Iraq -
Aug. 28, 2007
Family of Oakey and Gertrude (Shroyer)
Harbaugh
Mary V. Thorpe - Huntingdon Twp./Mt.
Lebanon, PA - Aug. 24, 2007
Family of Clara (Freed) Thorpe
David Eugene Goins - Mulliken, MI - Aug.
15, 2007
Family of Rebecca (Minerd) Goins
Rebecca Lynn (Jones) Swenson -
Pittsburg, KS - Aug. 15, 2007
Family of Orville Baldwin Minerd
Loretta Ann (Minard) Smith - Elkton, MD
- Aug. 11, 2007
Family of William Minerd
Mildred
"Pat" (Giles) Stull - Connellsville, PA - July 31, 2007
Family of Lucinda
"Jennie" (Miner) Turner Stevenson Paolone
Mildred
Zona Minerd - Uniontown, PA - July 15, 2007
Family of Frank Minerd
Dorothy
Louise (Jackson) Dillow - Bloomington, IL - July 18, 2007
Family of James
Madison Dillow
Rose
Ella (Johnson) VanArsdall - Bloomington, IL - July 11, 2007
Family of Charles
Addison Dillow
Mabel
R. (McClain) Lloyd - Fairchance, PA - July 4, 2007
Family of Margaret
(Hoye) McClain
Jan. 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007 (23):
Robert
R. Krieg - White Cloud, MI - June 27, 2007
Family of James Jasper Knight
Charles
Edward Eicher - Normalville, PA - May 29, 2007
Family of Hannah "Lucy" (Murray)
Eicher
John
B. McKnight - Brownfield, PA - May 27, 2007
Family of Joseph B. White
Rosalie
(Bailey) Miller - Waynesboro, PA - May 15, 2007
Family of Jenny (Minerd) Darby
Vernon
Royce Hiltabidel - Mill Run, PA - May 11, 2007
Family of Ralph Miner
Harold
H. Miner - Point Marion, PA - May 4, 2007
Family of Frank Miner
Anna
Ruth (Harbaugh) Bates - Canton, OH - April 30, 2007
Family of Ethel Irene (Ream) Harbaugh
Harry
C. "Buzz" Richter - Connellsville, PA - April 29, 2007
Family of Hannah Lucy
(Murray) Eicher
Nettie
B. (Rose) Durstine - Normalville, PA - April 21, 2007
Family of Charles H. Rose
Keith
E. Westfall-Holiday - McKees Rocks, PA - March 22, 2007
Family of Minnie (Miner) Gary
Juanita
Joan (Rogers) Wallace - Kingman, AZ - March 17, 2007
Family of Charles
Addison Dillow
Ellen
Marie (Bittinger) Rodriguez - East Point, GA - March 2, 2007
Family of John Andrew Miner
Merrill
L. Minard – Kensington, OH – Feb. 22, 2007
Family of Sarah (Minerd) Wright
Charles
E. Rose - Indian Head, PA - Feb. 19, 2007
Family of Charles H. Rose
Robert
R. Isiminger - Washington, PA - Feb. 17, 2007
Family of Andrew Jackson Birch
Freda
(Miller) Channing - Normalville, PA - Feb. 13, 2007
Family of Agnes (Miner) Miller
Margaret
(McCreery) Keechel - Feb. 2, 2007
Family of Sarah
(Carroll) Everly
Arthur
"Dwight" Tressler - Confluence, PA - Jan. 29, 2007
Family of Minnie (Miner) Gary
Emma
E. (Blosser) Miner - Point Marion, PA - Jan. 30, 2007
Family of Frank Miner
Elmer
Clifford Mayle – Salem, WV – Jan. 21, 2007
Family of Mary (Minerd) Mayle
Eleanor
(Minerd) Brooks - Economy, PA - Jan. 14, 2007
Family of Oliver Clyde Minerd
Robert
T. "Bob" Minerd - Hershey, NE - Jan. 7, 2007
Family of Jacob Minerd, Jr.
James
D. Prinkey - White, PA - Jan. 5, 2007
Families of Jennie (Enos) Snyder and Rachel
(Long) Pritts
July 1, 2006 to Dec. 31, 2006 (32):
Frances
Louise (Foster) Reiber - Uniontown, PA - Dec. 27, 2006
Family of Grace
(Gaither) Reiber
Sarah
E. (Spaugy) Martin - Connellsville (Bullskin Twp.), PA - Dec. 25, 2006
Family of Martha
(Harbaugh) Laughery
Marie
(Shroyer) Johnson - Normalville, PA - Dec. 23, 2006
Family of Laura Belle (Younkin)
Shroyer
Mabel (Fera) Ream - Confluence, PA - Dec.
20, 2006
Family of Norman
Richard Ream
James A. Minerd - Dunnellon, FL - Dec.
9, 2006
Family of Ralph Charles Minerd
Edna (Miner) McCutcheon - Connellsville,
PA - Dec. 1, 2006
Family of Clyde Miner
Ethel V. (Haines) Firestone - Bix Six,
Smithfield, PA - Nov. 29, 2006
Family of Howard Marion Firestone Sr.
Rev. George Roy Richter - Americus, GA -
Nov. 18, 2006
Family of Mary Ann (Miner) Richter
Harry H. Uram - Canonsburg, PA - Nov.
16, 2006
Family of Mary Catherine
(McKnight) Pratton
Grayce (Baily) Beeman - Sisters, OR -
Nov. 6, 2006
Family of Jenne (Minerd) Baily
Alex Quairiere - Wheeler, PA - Nov. 4,
2006
Family of Alice (Minerd) Ellis Doughty
Thomas J. Farabee - Jefferson, PA - Oct.
29, 2006
Family of Henry Wiley Farabee
David Michael Minerd - Oct. 26,
2006
Family of Luther Minerd Sr.
Harvey L. Conn - Somerset, PA - Oct. 21,
2006
Family of William Austin Rowan
Wilma L. (Burnworth) Ream - Pleasant,
Gap, PA - Oct. 15, 2006
Family of Cyril "Edgar" Ream
Joseph W. Shaffer - Smithfield, PA -
Oct. 8, 2006
Family of Harry Russell Minerd
Lillie F. (Gary) Brocht - Rockwood, PA -
Oct. 7, 2006
Family of Minnie (Miner) Gary
Evan O. Willis - Portland, TX - Aug. 30,
2006
Family of Charles
Addison Dillow
Nadine (Kantorik) Barr - Mt. Pleasant,
PA - Aug. 28, 2006
Family of Bertha (Minerd) Reese
Robert E. Holub - Mt. Pleasant, PA -
Aug. 21, 2006
Family of Harry Minerd
Irwin W. "Buzz" Laymon -
Normalville, PA - Aug. 20, 2006
Family of Jennie (Enos) Snyder
Merle E. "Mark" Rankin -
Uniontown, PA - Aug. 14, 2006
Family of George
Washington Rankin
William McCutcheon - Connellsville, PA -
Aug. 11, 2006
Family of Clyde Miner
Daniel I. Keefer - Connellsville (Bullskin
Twp.), PA - Aug. 10, 2006
Family of Kathryn (Miner) Burkholder
Catherine (Drake) Miner - Youngwood, PA
- Aug. 10, 2006
Family of George
B. Miner
Douglas Arthur Nicklow - Connellsville, PA -
Aug. 1, 2006
Family of Warren Dempsey Younkin Sr.
Harold Lewis Willis - Washington, IL -
July 27, 2006
Family of Charles
Addison Dillow
Walter A. Martin - Connellsville (Bullskin
Twp.), PA - July 15, 2006
Family of Martha
"Mattie" (Harbaugh) Laughery
John W. Rose, Jr. - Cody, WY - July 18,
2006
Family of Jackson Grant Rose
Alice (Clark) Swift - Carmichaels, PA -
July 7, 2006
Family of Leota
(Whetzel) Swift
Mary Jane (Workman) Budenz - New
Britain, PA - July 6, 2006
Family of Clara (Freed) Thorpe
Dorothy Mae (Minerd) Podraza -
Levittown, PA - July 3, 2006
Family of Ralph Charles Minerd
Jan. 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006 (41):
Blonda
Pauline (Norris) Miner – Philippi, WV – June 15, 2007
Family of Sarah (Minerd) Wright
Margaret (Colebank) Kennison -
Whitehouse, PA - June 2, 2006
Family of Thomas Minerd
Jethroe
Croston – Philippi, WV – June 1, 2006
Family of Margaret (Minerd) Mayle
Theodore R. Pratten - San Jose, CA - May
30, 2006
Family of Mary Catherine
(McKnight) Pratton
Diana (Younkin) Burnell Egan - Salem, OR
- May 28, 2006
(Hostess of the Younkin Reunion-West of the late 1990s)
Family of Alfred
Arthur Younkin
K. Dean Prinkey - White, PA - May 22,
2006
Families of Jennie (Enos) Snyder and Rachel
(Long) Pritts
James E. Minerd - Cleveland, OH - May
16, 2006
Family of William Alfred Minerd
Richard Jerome Ranier Jr. - Asheville,
NC - May 9, 2006
Family of Charles
Addison Dillow
Shirley F. (Prinkey) Nicholson -
Normalville, PA - May 7, 2006
Family of Rachel (Long) Pritts
Virginia B. (Miner) McDowell -
Scottdale, PA - May 6, 2006
Family of Edward Campbell Miner
Sarah A. (Eicher) Snidemiller -
Leisenring, PA - May 4, 2006
Family of Lucy (Murray) Eicher
Ruth (Luckey) Evans - Connellsville, PA
- April 29, 2006
Family of Sarah "Sadie" (Minerd)
Luckey
Wayne Richard Rankin - Washington, PA -
April 26, 2006
Families of John
William Rankin and Flora
Belle (Farabee) Miller
Boyd Chalmer Ogle - Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Aril 25, 2006
Family of Sarah (Minerd) Ingles Ogle
Pagan Erzibet Cook - Terre Haute, IN -
April 24, 2006
Family of James Andrew
Dean
Dolly I. Prinkey - Normalville, PA -
April 28, 2006
Family of Rachel (Long) Pritts
Edgar C. Boord - Freedom, PA - April 23,
2006
Family of Henry Daniel Minerd
Edwin R. Shipley - Masontown, PA - April
22, 2006
Family of Gertrude (Minerd) Thomas
Donald L. Plants - Centre, AL - April
15, 2005
(Guest speaker at our 1998 reunion)
Family of Ollie
(Miner) Plants
Doreen (Snyder) Anderson - Champion, PA
- April 14, 2006
Family of Jonas Rowan
Virginia
Lucille (Davis) Mayle – Salem, WV – April 12, 2006
Family of Mary (Minerd) Mayle
Eugene A. Ream - Pleasant Gap, PA -
April 6, 2006
Family of Cyril "Edgar" Ream
Gary A. Minerd - Westlake, OH - April 6,
2006
Family of Thomas Minerd
Thacilla B. "Birdie" (Hunt) Hucik
- Uniontown, PA - March 31, 2006
Family of Mary Ann
(Miner) Richter
Harry Edward Brown - Connellsville, PA -
March 28, 2006
Family of Hannah Lucy
(Murray) Eicher
William J. Shaffer - Ford City &
Distant, PA - March 26, 2006
Family of Rev. William Mullen Minerd
Sybil (Miner) Beck - Indian Head, PA -
March 24, 2006
Family of Raymond Miner
Nancy Louise Prinkey - Confluence, PA -
March 24, 2006
Family of Jonas Rowan
Larry F. Giles - Effort, PA - March 10,
2006
Family of Lucinda
"Jennie" (Miner) Turner Stevenson Paolone
Emma Jean (Shultz) Minerd - Mt. Pleasant
(Bullskin Twp.), PA - March 4, 2006
Family of Lawrence Earl Minerd
Robert M. May - Mill Run, PA - March 3,
2006
Family of Hannah
"Lucy" (Murray) Eicher
Jean (Holdsworth) Bentz - Richmond, VA -
Feb. 22, 2006
Family of Alice (Minerd) Holdsworth
Wilma Jean (Cullen) Miner - Bowie, MD -
Feb. 5, 2006
Family of Ralph Miner
Mary Carol (Driscoll) Naylor - New
Stanton, PA - Feb. 4, 2006
Family of Mary Belle (Minerd) Riley
Martha Belle (Dawkins) Hollinshead -
Farina, IL - Feb. 3, 2006
Family of Dora (Miner) Dawkins
Clifford N. Hiltabidel - Mill Run, PA -
Jan. 27, 2006
Family of Ralph Miner
Ila Marie (Rowan) Price - Uniontown, PA
- Jan. 27, 2006
Family of Marshall Ellsworth Rowan
Clarence J. Myers - Chambersburg, PA -
Jan. 24, 2006
Family of Harry Oliver Minerd Sr.
Bertha O. (Minerd) Blubaugh -
Cridersville, OH - -Jan. 8, 2006
Family of Rev. William M. Minerd
Charles E. Minerd - Charleroi, PA - Jan.
7, 2006
Family of Thomas Minerd
Mary Louise (Bottomley) Breakiron -
Smithton, PA - Jan. 1, 2006
Family of Margaret
(Minerd) Bottomley
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