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J.W. Minnis started the family institution of funeral service in 1892 after becoming a licensed funeral director/embalmer. He owned and operated the Minnis Furniture and Undertaking Company of Bogard, MO, where he was active until 1921. Herman T. Minnis, Sr., son of J.W., became active in 1912 after graduating from Ambruster College of Mortuary Science, St. Louis, MO. In 1927, he moved to Bucklin, KS, where he became owner/operator of Minnis Mortuary, where he worked until he died in 1977. H.T. Minnis, Jr. (Bud), son of Herman and Alberta, started the third generation of funeral service in 1949 when he worked with his father in Bucklin.
In 1965, he moved his family to Larned, where he operated the Vernon Funeral Home, eventually moving back to Bucklin in 1977. H.T. Minnis, III (Ted), son of Bud and Phyllis, became the fourth generation of Funeral Directors, graduating from San Francisco College of Mortuary Science in 1972. Ted came to Bucklin in 1977, and he and Bud opened the Minneola branch in 1985. In January of 2016, Phillip & Trisha Ziegler, owners of Ziegler Funeral Chapels in Dodge City and Cimarron, purchased the Minnis Mortuaries in Bucklin and Minneola. They continue the tradition of providing personal and professional service that began in 1892.
