OBIT: Charles MIMNA, 1941, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES MIMNA

  Charles Mimna, who during his earlier life resided in both Salisbury Borough 
and Elk Lick Township, died July 2, 1941, in Tucson, Arizona, where he had 
resided about 15 years.  He was born in Garrett County, Md., 68 years ago, and 
was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mimna.  His wife, Laura Winter Mimna, 
died in 1920, and he was also preceded in death by two children.
  He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Edward Christner, Robert and 
Kenneth Mimna, of Somerset Township; Mrs. Freda Ritchey of Pittsburgh; Mrs. 
Theodore Saylor of Johnstown; Mrs. Catherine Walsmery of Iowa; Miss Mary Jane 
Ringler of Detroit, Mich., who was adopted soon after the death of her mother, 
by foster parents; Curtis Mimna of the U.S. Army, stationed in Kansas.
  Surviving also are these brothers and sisters: John and James Mimna of 
Meyersdale; William Mimna of Ligonier; Harry Mimna of Youngstown, Ohio; Mrs. 
Norman May of Davidsville; Mrs. Herman Gartner and Mrs. Charles Gray of 
Salisbury; Mrs. George May of Meyersdale, R.D. 1, and Mrs. Bessie Porterfield of 
Cumberland, Md.
  Mr. Mimna was a veteran of the Spanish-American War.  His body was shipped to 
Somerset and arrived there last Monday morning.  Funeral service was conducted 
Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the Hoffman Funeral Home, 138 East Main 
Street, by Rev. Reed Shirey, pastor of Grace Evangelical Church.  Interment was 
in the United Brethren Cemetery at Jenner Crossroads.
  Mr. Mimna lived in a number of places in Somerset County, Pa., during the 
greater portion of his life.

Meyersdale Republican, July 10, 1941