FREDERICK GEORGE MINGER & FAMILY
Note: F. G. Minger is holding one of his cats
FREDERICK GEORGE AND JOHN A MINGER FAMILIES
top:  F.F., Allan, John A, F. G., Arden
   middle: Ethel, Dorothy, Sudie, Sophie
   bottom: Inez, Virginia, Marilyn

JOHN A married SOPHIA WILHELMINA KORBER of Bern,, Kansas.

Their 6 children were: Hazel May, Ethel, Dorothy Grace, (John) Allan, William Arden, and Marilyn Elizabeth

THE CHRISTIAN O. MINGER FAMILY
  top: Archie, Ed, Clyde, Della, Clifford
   bottom: Rosa,  Myrtle,  Christian, Mabel

    CHRISTIAN O. married ROSE HOFMANN (on 5 Jan 1887 at Marysville, Kansas.

Their 8 children were Della L, Archie C., Edward E., Clyde W., Clifford O, Mabel Mae, Myrtle, and Irene
my grandparents
The F. G. Minger home in Bern, Kansas
The Bern post office is to the left of the store
MARY SUSAN 'SUDIE' RICKARD   and 
F. G. MINGER were married on 22 Jul 1891 at Bern, Nemeha, Kansas

Their 3 children were Ruth Inez, Frederick Floyd, and Lorine Virginia.
All cats adored my grandfather and would follow wherever he might go.
Exterior of F G Minger store in Bern, Kansas
F G Minger with furry friends
F G Minger in his store in Bern, Kansas
My father
Ruth 'Inez' with brother F 'Floyd' Minger
Frederick 'Floyd' Minger
Ruth 'Inez' Minger
Lorine 'Virginia' Minger
Note: When my sister Merrie graduated from 8th grade, my grandparents presented her with a diamond ring selected from my grandfather's store.  F. G. Minger died in 1944 when I was 7 years old., but when I graduated from Junior High School, my grandmother 'Sudie' presented me with the diamond ring he had set aside for me at the time of Merrie's graduation. I passed my ring on to my daughter on a similar occassion.

My father, his sister Virginia and her family drove from Illinois to Sabetha, Kansas for grandpa's  funeral. When they returned home, Dad brought back a Mountain Ash which he planted in our back yard.  That first year I was taller than the tree, but the next year the tree had outgrown me. One year my mother became concerned that all the berries were falling from the tree. The problem was traced to the Wickersham's cat living  next door who loved to lie in the tree and bat at the berries. In my mind I  linked the Mountain Ash tree with  Grandpa Minger, so adored by cats - we have a Mountain Ash planted in our back yard today.
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