Submitted by: John C. Monk

Mrs. Otis Armentrout

Mrs. Minerva Armentrout, 72, of 55451 Meadowview Ave., died at 9 a.m. today in Healthwin Hospital after an extended illness.  She was born on Sept. 12, 1899, in Denham, Ind. and had lived in South
Bend most of her life.

As Minerva McCarty, she was married to Otis Armentrout, who survives.  Also surviving are a son, Otis Jr. of Rolling Prairie; three daughters, Mrs. Rosetta Kepplin of South Bend, Mrs. Velma Sample of Mishawaka, and Mrs. Ethel Thoms of Unity, Wis.; nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; four brothers, Jack and David McCarty, both of Alsip, Ill. Harry McCarty of Blue Island, Ill., and John McCarty of Detroit, and four sisters, Mrs. Rose McMahon of La Crosse, Wis., Mrs. Susan Thoms, and Mrs. Mary Thoms, both of Alsip, and Mrs. Ruth Edmonson of Blue Island.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at the Hickey Funeral Home, 2702 Lincoln Way W. where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday.  Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.