Minch, Esther, July 22, 1929- Sept. 23, 2010 Scottsbluff Star Herald Scottsbluff, NE 28 Sep 2010 STERLING, Colo. - Esther Minch, 81, formerly of Gering, passed away Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Sterling, Colo. Her funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at Gering Memorial Chapel with pastor Garry Schick officiating. Interment will follow at West Lawn Cemetery in Gering. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday and prior the service on Tuesday. Memorials may be made in care of the family and will be designated at a later time. Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.geringchapel.com. Esther was born July 22, 1929, in Morrill to Jacob and Anna (Weimer) Schlotthauer. She graduated from Liberty High School in Morrill in 1948 and attended Chadron State College. She married Harold "Harry" Arthur Minch on April 6, 1952, in Scottsbluff and to this union two sons were born Lynn and Ken. They lived in Gering until Esther moved to Wel-Life in Scottsbluff, Lincoln, and was presently living in Sterling. Survivors include her sons, Lynn (Barb) Minch of Elmwood, Neb. and Ken (Terri) Minch of Sterling, Colo.; grandchildren, Lindsay Minch Bankus (Bob), Brandon Minch, Justin Minch, and Danielle Minch and great-grandchild, Alexis Bankus; brother Norman (Bonnie) Schlotthauer of St. Peters, Mo. and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death was her husband, Harold "Harry" Minch, parents, brothers, Jacob and David Schlotthauer, and sisters Leona (Arthur) Deines, Mollie (Fred) Tripple, Amelia "Millie" (William) Heimbouch, and Ann (Har-old) Sebenaler.