Name of father Harley Minch
Maiden name of mother Blanche Mulvaney
DISCREPANCY - DC gives his middle name as Phillip; marker gives his middle initial as H.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: OSBH DC (Benton County 1932) #85 - Francis Philip Minch, male, single, Student, b. 5 Jan 1923 in Salem, Oregon, d. 8 Aug 1932 in Benton County, Oregon (six miles W of Blodgett) at the age of 9 y's 7 m's 3 d's, name of father Harley Minch (b. Salem, Oregon), maiden name of mother Blanche Mulvaney (b. California), interment 11 Aug, undertaker Keeney Funeral Home, informant Harley Minch of Blodgett, Oregon. Marion County Burial.
OBITUARY: Lad Drowned at Blodgett to be Buried in Salem.
Francis Minch, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Minch, former Salem residents, fell off a log and was drowned, while fishing in the river near his home at Blodgett Monday, according to word received here yesterday. His six-year-old sister witnessed the tragedy.
The lad is survived by his parents, two sisters and a brother.
Funeral services will be held from the Keeney funeral parlors at Corvallis tomorrow morning at 10 oÂ’clock. Interment will be in the Odd Fellows cemetery here. Oregon Statesman 10 Aug t 1932 2:2
INSCRIPTION: Francis H. Minch
1923 - 1932
SOURCES: LR
OSBH DC (Benton County 1932) #85
S&H pg 45
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OS 10 Aug1932 2:2