Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 7, 1994 TAG: 9401070229
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: MARTINSVILLE LENGTH: Short
OBIT MINTER, JOAN ROHR
MINTER, Joan Rohr, 67, of Rt. 5, Box 58, Martinsville, died Thursday,
January 6, 1994, at her residence. She was born March 24, 1925, in Alum
Bridge, W.Va. to the late Sherwood Rohr and Emma Will Rohr. An avid
geneologist, Mrs. Minter compiled the most complete and accurate accounting of
the decedants of Silas Minter, a pioneer settler of Henry Co. She was a member
of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Surviving are husband, Horatio D. Minter of
the home; daughters, Diane Dry, Durham, N.C., Barbara Parker, Greensboro,
N.C., Judy Simmons, Montgomery, Ala., Paula Boling, Blacksburg, Va.; son,
Terry Stout, Martinez, Ga.; sisters, Davita Kisner, St. Cloud, Fla., Roberta
Riggs, Alum Bridge, W.Va.; brothers, Stephen Rohr, Huntsville, Ala., Dave
Rohr, Paris, Ky.; stepchildren, Louise Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., Pat White,
Lynchburg, Va., Ellen Boone, Martinsville, Va., Rosemary Fox, Wadsworth, Ohio,
Tim Minter, Amherst, Va., H.D. Minter, Jr., Lexington, Ky.; 31 grandchildren;
10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday 1:30 p.m. at St.
Joseph's Catholic Church with the Rev. Father Paul Maier officiating. The
family will receive friends at McKee Funeral Home Saturday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
and other times at the home. Prayer service will be 8 p.m. Saturday at McKee
Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in Minter Family Cemetery.
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