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[Newspaper] Publication: The Muncie Star Muncie, IN, United States |
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Deaths and Funerals Minot Holmes, Retired Industrialist Dies at 78
Minot K. Holmes, 78, 805 Wayne St., prominent retired businessman, died unexpectedly early Wednesday afternoon on the parking lot at High and Jackson streets, apparently as the result of a heart attack. He was born in Plymouth, Mass., and moved to Muncie in 1904 to become associated with Hemingray Glass Co., now Owens-Illinois. He retired from Owens-Illinois about 1952. Mr. Holmes was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and Elks Lodge. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Janet Casey and a son, Elliot Holmes, both of Muncie, and four grandchildren, Sara Holmes and Philip Casey, both students at Ball State, Randy Casey, U. S. Peace Corps, Tanzania, East Africa, and Rick Casey, a student at Purdue. His wife, Sarah, died here in 1958. Services will be held at Meeks Mortuary at 1:30 p.m., Friday, with Rev. C. Russell Moodey, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the family lot in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, and prior to the services Friday. |