Margaret Minor, 84, of Mt. Vernon and a former resident of Waltonville, died at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, April 30, 2009, at Nature Trail Health Care Center in Mt. Vernon.

She was born on Dec. 4, 1924, in Mt. Vernon, the daughter of Henry and Blanche (Hamilton) Shurtz.

She married Claude Minor on May 10, 1946; he preceded her in death on Dec. 16, 1969.

Margaret was a member of the Waltonville United Methodist Church and the Mt. Vernon Moose Lodge. She retired from Western Auto in Benton after 29 years.

She is survived by a son, David Mike Minor and wife Denise of Dix; a daughter, Claudia Dorothy and husband Morton Dorothy III of Urbana; a sister, Ethel Stewart of Noble; eight grandchildren, Brett Minor of Mt. Vernon, Kyle Minor and wife Mychelle of Dix, Trevor Minor of Waltonville, Kellen Minor and wife Krystle of Atlanta, Kasey Minor of Carbondale, Zachary Kauffman of Urbana, Olivia Dorothy of Springfield and Fredric Dorothy of Birmingham, Ala.; and four great-grandchildren, Christian, Kirsten, Gage and Isaac Minor.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, one son, Kevin Minor; one sister, Roberta Nichols; three brothers, Wilbur Bud Shurtz, Roy Shurtz and Burrell Shurtz.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon with Mr. Randy Steele officiating. Interment will follow in Union Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon.For those who wish, memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association and will be accepted at the funeral home.For more information, call Newell Funeral Home at 246-0100 or visit online at www.newellfuneralhome.com for online obituary and online condolences.

Source: Mt.Vernon Register-News
Date: April 30, 2009 - May 2, 2009
Submitted by: Kiowana Hayes Ferguson