1934
Ursila
2010
Ursila E. Mingus
December 8, 1934 — November 23, 2010
Ursila E. Mingus, 75, of Dannebrog, died Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday at Oakridge Cemetery in Dannebrog. The Reverend Robert Carlson, Jr. will officiate. Ursila requested to be cremated.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of the arrangements.
Ursila was born December 8, 1934 to William Cody & Frances (Emery) Roark at Central City, Nebraska.
She was raised in Central City and Fullerton. She attended school in Fullerton and graduated in 1953.
Ursila worked at Augustine Company in Grand Island.
She was united in marriage to Jimmie Mingus on January 31, 1956 in Fullerton.
She continued to work at Augustine Company for a couple of years. The couple lived in Grand Island for six years and then moved to Dannebrog and lived there since. Ursila then began selling Avon for a number of years.
Ursila was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Dannebrog. She was a Sunday School Superintendent and played the piano at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, the Dannebrog Extension Club and she helped with the Grundluvs Festival for several years.
She was also a member of the Dannebrog Village Board, the Head Start County Board and she served on the board to bring Oak Street Manor to Dannebrog.
She participated on Bowling Leagues in St. Paul and Cairo, playing bingo and also helped at Lakeview Nursing Home.
She enjoyed cross-stitching, crossword & jig-saw puzzles and reading.
Ursila is survived by her husband, Jim of Dannebrog; two daughters, Rene Mingus & significant other Gary May of Dannebrog and Sue Mingus & husband Corey Hood of Otley, United Kingdom; four grandchildren, Tyler Martian & fiancé© Megan Wichman of Grand Island, April Martian & fiancé© James Hyde of Jacksonville, North Carolina, James Mingus of Greeley, Colorado and Alexander Hood of Otley, United Kingdom; two step grandchildren, James Edmondson and David Edmondson of Georgia; and many other loving family.
She is preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Debra; and one brother, Luther Roark.
Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday at Oakridge Cemetery in Dannebrog. The Reverend Robert Carlson, Jr. will officiate. Ursila requested to be cremated.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of the arrangements.
Ursila was born December 8, 1934 to William Cody & Frances (Emery) Roark at Central City, Nebraska.
She was raised in Central City and Fullerton. She attended school in Fullerton and graduated in 1953.
Ursila worked at Augustine Company in Grand Island.
She was united in marriage to Jimmie Mingus on January 31, 1956 in Fullerton.
She continued to work at Augustine Company for a couple of years. The couple lived in Grand Island for six years and then moved to Dannebrog and lived there since. Ursila then began selling Avon for a number of years.
Ursila was a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Dannebrog. She was a Sunday School Superintendent and played the piano at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, the Dannebrog Extension Club and she helped with the Grundluvs Festival for several years.
She was also a member of the Dannebrog Village Board, the Head Start County Board and she served on the board to bring Oak Street Manor to Dannebrog.
She participated on Bowling Leagues in St. Paul and Cairo, playing bingo and also helped at Lakeview Nursing Home.
She enjoyed cross-stitching, crossword & jig-saw puzzles and reading.
Ursila is survived by her husband, Jim of Dannebrog; two daughters, Rene Mingus & significant other Gary May of Dannebrog and Sue Mingus & husband Corey Hood of Otley, United Kingdom; four grandchildren, Tyler Martian & fiancé© Megan Wichman of Grand Island, April Martian & fiancé© James Hyde of Jacksonville, North Carolina, James Mingus of Greeley, Colorado and Alexander Hood of Otley, United Kingdom; two step grandchildren, James Edmondson and David Edmondson of Georgia; and many other loving family.
She is preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Debra; and one brother, Luther Roark.
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