Rev. MINCH served as pastor of the St. Marys Immaculate Conception Catholic Church for over 28 years. While he was pastor the parochial school was reopened in 1911. (Source: Saint Marys Immaculate Conception Parish, written by Rev. Carl A. MEIER, is copied from the History of Warren County, Iowa, by Gerard SCHULTZ and Don L. BERRY, The Record and Tribune Company, Indianola, Iowa, 1953, pages 119-15)