Joseph A. Minott Jr., 87, a retired foreign service officer, died June 30 of respiratory arrest at his home in Chestnut Hill.
Mr. Minott joined the foreign service after graduating cum laude from Harvard College in 1948. He served in U.S. embassies in Oslo, Norway; Paris, France; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Capetown, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius, and Saigon, Vietnam.
A native of Portland, Ore., he won a scholarship to attend Middlesex School in Concord, Mass. After graduation in 1941, he enrolled at Harvard, but his college career was interrupted by World War II. During the war he served in the Army Air Force and was stationed in England.
Upon his retirement in 1971, Mr. Minott studied art appreciation at the Barnes Foundation and worked as a guide for the Philadelphia historical houses of Strawberry Mansion and Lemon Hill.
In 1989 he received the Chestnut Hill Community Association Award for his many years of volunteer service at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
He also volunteered at Betak Hospice for patients with AIDS, Springfield Retirement Community, Wissahickon Hospice and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Mr. Minott is survived by sons John Heard Couch Minott, Geoffrey Disston Minott, Joseph Otis Minott, Owen Wister Minott; a daughter, Elizabeth Minott, and three grandchildren. Mr. Minott's wife, the former Lorraine Lukens, preceded him in death.
A private memorial service will be held in August. Memorial donations may be made to the Clean Air Council, 135 South 19th St., Suite 300, Philadelphia PA 19103, where an endowment has been established for Mr. Minott's late wife.
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Mr. Minott joined the foreign service after graduating cum laude from Harvard College in 1948. He served in U.S. embassies in Oslo, Norway; Paris, France; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Capetown, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius, and Saigon, Vietnam.
A native of Portland, Ore., he won a scholarship to attend Middlesex School in Concord, Mass. After graduation in 1941, he enrolled at Harvard, but his college career was interrupted by World War II. During the war he served in the Army Air Force and was stationed in England.
Upon his retirement in 1971, Mr. Minott studied art appreciation at the Barnes Foundation and worked as a guide for the Philadelphia historical houses of Strawberry Mansion and Lemon Hill.
In 1989 he received the Chestnut Hill Community Association Award for his many years of volunteer service at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
He also volunteered at Betak Hospice for patients with AIDS, Springfield Retirement Community, Wissahickon Hospice and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Mr. Minott is survived by sons John Heard Couch Minott, Geoffrey Disston Minott, Joseph Otis Minott, Owen Wister Minott; a daughter, Elizabeth Minott, and three grandchildren. Mr. Minott's wife, the former Lorraine Lukens, preceded him in death.
A private memorial service will be held in August. Memorial donations may be made to the Clean Air Council, 135 South 19th St., Suite 300, Philadelphia PA 19103, where an endowment has been established for Mr. Minott's late wife.
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Joseph A. Minott Jr., 87, a retired foreign service officer, died June 30 of respiratory arrest at his home in Chestnut Hill.
Mr. Minott joined the foreign service after graduating cum laude from Harvard College in 1948. He served in U.S. embassies in Oslo, Norway; Paris, France; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Capetown, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius, and Saigon, Vietnam.
A native of Portland, Ore., he won a scholarship to attend Middlesex School in Concord, Mass. After graduation in 1941, he enrolled at Harvard, but his college career was interrupted by World War II. During the war he served in the Army Air Force and was stationed in England.
Upon his retirement in 1971, Mr. Minott studied art appreciation at the Barnes Foundation and worked as a guide for the Philadelphia historical houses of Strawberry Mansion and Lemon Hill.
In 1989 he received the Chestnut Hill Community Association Award for his many years of volunteer service at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
He also volunteered at Betak Hospice for patients with AIDS, Springfield Retirement Community, Wissahickon Hospice and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Mr. Minott is survived by sons John Heard Couch Minott, Geoffrey Disston Minott, Joseph Otis Minott, Owen Wister Minott; a daughter, Elizabeth Minott, and three grandchildren. Mr. Minott's wife, the former Lorraine Lukens, preceded him in death.
A private memorial service will be held in August. Memorial donations may be made to the Clean Air Council, 135 South 19th St., Suite 300, Philadelphia PA 19103, where an endowment has been established for Mr. Minott's late wife.
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Mr. Minott joined the foreign service after graduating cum laude from Harvard College in 1948. He served in U.S. embassies in Oslo, Norway; Paris, France; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Capetown, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius, and Saigon, Vietnam.
A native of Portland, Ore., he won a scholarship to attend Middlesex School in Concord, Mass. After graduation in 1941, he enrolled at Harvard, but his college career was interrupted by World War II. During the war he served in the Army Air Force and was stationed in England.
Upon his retirement in 1971, Mr. Minott studied art appreciation at the Barnes Foundation and worked as a guide for the Philadelphia historical houses of Strawberry Mansion and Lemon Hill.
In 1989 he received the Chestnut Hill Community Association Award for his many years of volunteer service at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
He also volunteered at Betak Hospice for patients with AIDS, Springfield Retirement Community, Wissahickon Hospice and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Mr. Minott is survived by sons John Heard Couch Minott, Geoffrey Disston Minott, Joseph Otis Minott, Owen Wister Minott; a daughter, Elizabeth Minott, and three grandchildren. Mr. Minott's wife, the former Lorraine Lukens, preceded him in death.
A private memorial service will be held in August. Memorial donations may be made to the Clean Air Council, 135 South 19th St., Suite 300, Philadelphia PA 19103, where an endowment has been established for Mr. Minott's late wife.
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