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Matt Alonzo Minnis

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Matt Alonzo Minnis

Birth
Oregon, USA
Death
2 Oct 1909 (aged 14)
Klamath County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
11-5-17
Memorial ID
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Son of Diogenes (b. 1869 died 1942 San Diego, CA) and Nellie Lee Wilkins Minnis (b. 1879 Oregon)
Grandson of Colonel M.G. Wilkins
Brother Wayne Minnis
Aged 14 years 4 months and 18 days, diabetes mellitis.
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THE NEWS AND HERALD, FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 1909

Funeral of Matt Minnis will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. Matt was a pupil of the public school last year and was one of the most popular boys attending the institution. His death has cast a gloom over his former associates and it was out of deference to a desire expressed by many, that the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon in order to afford them an opportunity of paying their last tribute of love and esteem to their young playmate. His popularity was not confined to the children of this city. Among the older residents he had a host of friends who loved him for his kind and gentle character and they will attend the final rites and mingle their sorrow with the grief that fill the hearts of his mother and grandparents. Interment will be in the city cemetery.

Son of Diogenes (b. 1869 died 1942 San Diego, CA) and Nellie Lee Wilkins Minnis (b. 1879 Oregon)
Grandson of Colonel M.G. Wilkins
Brother Wayne Minnis
Aged 14 years 4 months and 18 days, diabetes mellitis.
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THE NEWS AND HERALD, FRIDAY OCTOBER 8, 1909

Funeral of Matt Minnis will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home. Matt was a pupil of the public school last year and was one of the most popular boys attending the institution. His death has cast a gloom over his former associates and it was out of deference to a desire expressed by many, that the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon in order to afford them an opportunity of paying their last tribute of love and esteem to their young playmate. His popularity was not confined to the children of this city. Among the older residents he had a host of friends who loved him for his kind and gentle character and they will attend the final rites and mingle their sorrow with the grief that fill the hearts of his mother and grandparents. Interment will be in the city cemetery.


Inscription

aged 14 yrs. 4 mos. 19 days

Gravesite Details

Oregon Death Index Certificate #2785



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