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Forrest
Edwin "Bob" Minard |
Forrest
Edwin "Bob" Minard was born on June 14, 1901 in Hawleyville, Page
County, IA, the son of Albert Everett
and Mary Ellen (Knepple) Minard.
In
1931, at the age 30, Bob
married Valeda Green (1911-2000), in a ceremony held at Red Oak, Montgomery
County, IA. She is seen at right, holding an unknown
baby at a Minard family reunion.
They had one son, Monte Minard.
Bob "attended grave Hawleyville grade school," said a local newspaper.
In 1956, when Bob was age 55, he moved to Kansas, settling in Atchison, Atchison County. While in Atchison, "he was employed as a mechanic at Berridge Garage," said the newspaper. "He later worked at Herdman and Sons Construction as a mechanic, retiring in the mid-1960s. He enjoyed working in the garden."
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Bob ( far left) and friends at a store in Hawleyville |
Bob
also was a talented banjo player. Apparently, at one time, he played in a local
combo with two fiddlers and perhaps a piano player. He is seen here with the
group, standing at far right.
Bob passed away at the age of
88 on March 4, 1990. He was laid
to rest in at Sunset Memory Gardens in Atchison. At the time of his death, they
had produced two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Veleda, who was 10 years younger than Bob, outlived him by a decade. She died at age 88, just two days into the new millennium, on Jan. 2, 2000.
Copyright © 2005-2006 Mark A. Miner