Mary Alice Minter

1925 - 2020  (94 years)

• Name	Mary Alice Minter
  Birth	26 Oct 1925	Henrico County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	440F93426EA14AF398E5386A35B33085303E
  Death	16 Apr 2020	Victoria, Carver County, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Notes	From findagrave.com: Mary Alice Prokop, age 94, of Victoria, MN, formerly of Omaha, NE, died peacefully at Emerald Crest Assisted Living in Victoria, MN. Mary Alice Minter Prokop was born in 1925 in Richmond, Virginia to Alma Morris and Kenneth Minter. Mary had an older brother, Kenneth, and sister, Evelyn, and was followed by four sisters -- Becky, Margaret, Cy, and Jane. Memorial Services are pending at this time. Mary worked several jobs during World War II, but married in her 20’s and stopped working when she had children - Mary, Kate, Drew, John, Joe, and Jane. The family moved to New York State in 1961, and made Binghamton, NY home. Once the children were older, Mary went back to work as a Kindergarten Teacher’s Aide in 1971. She loved teaching, and touched many young lives, retiring in 1998 at the age of 72. One of Mary’s greatest accomplishments was earning her Associate’s and then Bachelor of Arts degree while working full time and raising her six children. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Binghamton in May 1984 at the age of 58. Mary loved the opera, reading, traveling, and her Norwegian Elkhound, “Beauty.” She traveled widely in the U.S. and also visited Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, England, Ireland, Spain, Austria, Germany, Poland, and Hungary. After retiring, Mary moved to live with her daughter Kate and son-in-law Eric. She had many adventures sharing the military lifestyle over the years. Mary passed away April 16th at the age of 94 at Emerald Crest in Victoria, Minnesota following a long illness. She will be greatly missed.
  Person ID	I9013	America
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Kenneth Andrew Minter,   b. 5 Mar 1880, Virginia, USA d. 7 Aug 1947, Bremo Bluff, Fork Union, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Alma Archer MORRIS,   b. 1899, Virginia, USA d. 1988, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1921	District of Columbia, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F3723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Andrew PROKOP,   b. 22 Feb 1924, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Nov 1988 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1948	Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F3727	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Oct 1925 - Henrico County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S339] Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911 at ancestry.com. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S420] District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953 at ancestry.com. [S421] Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 at ancestry.com.