William Charles Minnig

1938 - 2000  (61 years)

• Name	William Charles Minnig
  Born	20 Sep 1938	Heron Lake, Jackson, Minnesota, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jul 2000	McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
  Buried	26 Jul 2000	Tracy Cemetery, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States
  Person ID	P44560689	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Joseph William Minnig,   b. 1 Apr 1915, Hoffman, Grant, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 7 Aug 1997, Balaton, Lyon County, Minnesota, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Catherine Mae Hornickel,   b. 19 Apr 1919, Heron Lake, Jackson, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 23 Jul 2001, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States  (Age 82 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1938	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
  Family ID	F266349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sandra Lynn Averill,   b. 31 Jan 1947, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 24 Jan 1983, Tracy Hospital, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States  (Age 35 years)
  Married	6 Apr 1974	St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota, United States
  Children	1. Ryan Charles Minnig   2. Jennifer Lynn Minnig
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2010
  Family ID	F2762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ardyce Marie Werner
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F202537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=f2ab1514-45f2-4e30-b80c-0e3cc601be49&tid=14036822&pid=44560689 William Minnig age 61 rural Milroy, died Saturday, July 22, 2000 in the McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Services were held on Wednesday, July 26, in the Bethany Lutheran Church in Wabasso with burial at the Tracy City Cemetery. Pastor Jeffrerey Schultz officiated with Megan Baumann as organist. Pallbearers were David Zwach, John Brakke, Ron Wixon, Phil McCollar, Steve Barker and Silas Raddatz. William Charles Minnig was born Tuesday, September 20, 1938 in Heron Lake, Jackson Countyty, Minnesota to Joseph William and Catherine Mae (Hornickel) Minnig. He was baptized in October of 1938 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Heron Lake and confirmed in Bethany Lutheran Church in Wabasso on December 20, 1987. Bill attended country school near Heron Lake and Windom High School. He moved to a farm near Milroy in 1959 with his parents where he still lived. In 1961 he entered the U.S. Army serving at Ft. Carson, CO, Ft. Sill, OK, Ft. Bliss, TX and Ft. Chafee, AK working with the Honest John Missiles during the Cuban Crisis. Bill returned to the family farm near Milroy and farmed in partnership with his father until his dad retired in the 1970's. He also worked for Dave Hicks and other area farmers, worked with connstruction in the winter in later years. On April 6, 1974 he was united in marriage to Sandra Averill, Sandra died on January 24, 1983 and he was united in marriage to Ardyce (Werner) Balko on May 10, 1986. Bill served on the Gales Township Board for a number of years, the board of directors for the Tracy Ambulance Service, as Treasurer of Bethany Lutheran Church where he was an active member and was an active volunteer with AAL. He loved nature, woodworking, photography, and camping wwith family. He is survived by his wife, Ardyce, children Ryan of Palm Springs, CA, Jennifer of Duluth, John of St. Paul and Tanya of Mounds View, his mother Catherine Mae of Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy, a brother James Minnig and his wife Mary Jane of Sioux Falls, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his first wife Sandra and his father Joseph.