Richard J. Minto
Richard J. Minto, 82, of Butler died Tuesday morning at the VNA Inpatient Hospice.
Born Jan. 23, 1934, he was a son of the late Martin Minto and Margaret (Daniels) Minto.
Richard was a 1953 graduate of Butler High School, where he was active in sports. He was a member of the 1950 undefeated football team and was the 1963 WPIAL diving champion. He was inducted into the Butler Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1991, was an avid golfer and bowler, had organized and ran the Butler County Open for 18 years and had tryouts for the Pittsburgh Pirates as a pitcher.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957, where his Parris Island team won the All-Marines Championship in 1955 and his team in Hawaii won the title in 1957.
He was a member of Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Lyndora. He loved spending time with his family and also telling stories.
He was retired from the Armco Steel Plant in Butler, following 37 years.
Surviving are his wife, Brenda (Downing) Minto, who he married July 1, 1960; four daughters, Kimberly (Robert) Selfridge, Margaret (David) Whitten, Susanne (Bill) O'Donnell and Kathleen (Mark) Iarrapino, all of Butler; his grandchildren, Amber and Emily Selfridge of Butler, Julia Whitten of Carittenden, Ky., Ali and Caitlin Whitten of Carbondale, Colo., Brook Sequete of Boise, Idaho, Fallon O'Donnell of Boise, Idaho, Zachary Kennedy of Los Angeles, Calif., Ashley Kennedy of Butler and Victoria and Mario Valletto of Butler; his great-grandchildren, Jakobe, Harper, Kennedy and Everleigh; and his brother, Nicholas Minto.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Daniel Minto; and two brothers, Martin Minto and Edward Minto.
MINTO — Friends of Richard J. Minto, who died Tuesday, June 28, 2016, will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Geibel Funeral Home, 201 E. Cunningham St., Butler. Parasta's services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 21 Evergreen Road, Lyndora, with Paisius McGrath, pastor, to officiate.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Richard J. Minto, BHS Athletic Scholarship, C/O Farmers National Bank, 100 Bon Aire Plaza, Butler, PA 16001.For more information or to leave an online condolence, please visit www.geibelfuneralhome.com.
