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Death struck quickly in removing from life, a well known young man of this community, Clifford Minnick, who passed away at his home in Union on Saturday, February 17, 1942, at the age of 35 years.

Milo Clifford Minnick was born in High Valley near Union, April 7, 1906, son of Mary and John Minnick.  He attended grade and high school here, graduating from the Union high school with the class of 1924.  Following his graduation, he enrolled at the University of Oregon, where he studied law for two years.  He also took work at the Northwestern Business College at Spokane for a year and a half.  Upon returning to Union, he was employed at the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station, where he was head of the poultry department for a number of years.

For the past several years he has been employed by the Oregon Trail Lumber Company.  That he was held in high esteem by fellow workers and employers alike was evidenced by the fact that he held a position on the executive board of the local lumberman’s union at the time of his death.
 

Clifford possessed a genuine sense of humor and his constant happy disposition and good will gained for him a host of friends.  He had the misfortune to lose one of his eyes when but five years old, and this had been a great handicap to him.  His inability to enlist in the armed forces of the United States, or some branch of the defense work, was a great blow to his pride, and the constant worry caused him to become despondent, which resulted in his death.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Minnick; his father having preceded him in death August 21, 1921; one brother, Kenneth Minnick, of Union; four half sisters, Mrs. E.F. Reuter and Mrs. Jessie Woolever, of Union; Mrs. Mollie Dodson, of Klamath Falls, and Mrs. Macy Evans, of Ennis, Montana; and a half brother, W.A. Minnick, of Twin Falls, Idaho; his uncle, John Bass and a cousin, Jim Bass, of Union.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist church on Tuesday, February 17, with Rev. Floyd White officiating.  He was laid to rest in the Union cemetery, with pallbearers being Jim DeVore, Max DeVore, Earl Hetrick, Lonnie Williams, Nele Morrison and David Johansen.

He will be greatly missed by all those near and dear to him for his constant thoughtfulness of others.

The funeral of John W. Minnick took place Sunday afternoon, August 21, from the M. E. Church, sermon by Rev. L. A. Cook.  Services at the grave by the Knight of Pythias and the Odd Fellows.

John Wesley Minnick was born near Leesburg, Ohio, Sept. 15th, 1849.  At the age of six years he moved with his parents to Monroe, Iowa, where he spent his early boyhood.

Following many of his friends, the call of the west was strong, and he started West, going as far as Evanston and Hilliard, Wyoming, where during the winter of 1865 and the spring of 1866 he worked at the charcoal pits at Hilliard and there met Mary Davis, who later became his wife, they being married at Evanston, Wyoming, June 15th, 1866.

He returned to Oskaloosa, Iowa, two years later.  The lure of the West again became strong and in May 1878 he started overland for the Williamette Valley, Ore., by prairie schooner, joining an emigrant train for Boise, Idaho, following the now famous Oregon Trail.
 

Arriving in Grande Ronde Valley, they planned a visit to Mrs. Minnick’s parents in High Valley.  One of the mules becoming side and disabled, husband and wife decided to make it their permanent home.

At the High Valley home five children were born.  Jessier Woolever, the oldest, of Newberg, Ore., was born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sept. 22, 1877; Macie Ellen Evans of Jeffers, Mont., was born Oct. 16th, 1879; Wm. Austin Minnick, Twin Falls, Idaho, was born July 8, 1881; Mary Cromwell Dodson, Summerville, Ore., was born June 29, 1885; Iva Vernon Reuter, Union, Ore., was born Nov. 9, 1886; and J. W. Minnick, Jr., who died in infancy.

Mrs. Minnick passed away March 6th, 1888.  Mr. Minnick was married again to Miss Mary Jane Vass, April 17th, 1890.  To this union were born two boys-Clifford, age 15, and Kenneth, age 11.  All children but one still survive.  All but Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Woolever were present when the end came; Mrs. Woolever arrived Friday morning.

Mr. Minnick at the time of his death was seventy-one years, eleven months and four days of age.

He was a member of Union Lodge No. 39, I.O.O.F., continuously for thirty-four years, and at the time of his death was Grand Patriarich of Grande Ronde Encampment No. 11.

He was also a member of Blue Mountain Lodge No. 28, Knights of Pythias.

He leaves to survive him his wife, seven children and twenty-four grandchildren.

The sudden passing of John W. Minnick, one of the older residents of this part of the State, was a great shock to many friends and acquaintances, and the deepest sympathy is extended to his surviving relatives.  Mr. Minnick was apparently a man of rugged health and destined to live many years yet, and his sudden taking away was therefore all the more painful to his relatives and acquaintances.

Died-In Union, Oregon, Friday, August 19th, 1921, John W. Minnick, age 72 years.  The funeral will take place from the Methodist Church Sunday, August 21, at 2 o’clock p.m. under the auspices of the Odd Fellows.  Friends are invited to attend.

WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from among us, by death, Mrs. J.W. Minnick, wife of our beloved brother, J.W. Minnick, and
WHEREAS, by this sad bereavement which our brother sustains we are reminded of the uncertainty of life, and although in the prime yet we are within the care and subject to the call of Him whose eye is ever upon us. Therefore be it
Resolved that Union Lodge, No. 39, I.O.O.F. extends to our brother our deepest sympathy and condolence in this his great loss.

Resolved that this offering be spread upon the records of the lodge and a copy be given to Brother Minnick, and a copy furnished each of the city newspapers for publication.

A.E. Eaton
J.R. Crites

J.B. Thomson

Wallace W. Minnick, who has been ill at Hot Lake for some time, died Monday afternoon, and the body was shipped to Portland for cremation.

North Powder News
Saturday September 22, 1917