A funeral service for Mary Margaret Dennis Mingyar, age 72, of Buckeye Lake (Licking County), Ohio and formerly of St. Clairsville and Shadyside (Belmont), Ohio, will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, 2003 at Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville with Rev. Laurie Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Bellaire, Ohio.
Mrs. Mingyar was daughter of the late Robert E. and Nelle (Hall) Dennis.

She previously was the owner of the Ming Tree Gift Shop in St. Clairsville as well as the Marketing Director for the Belmont County Travel and Tourism Bureau.

Survived by: Husband: Paul Mingyar of Buckeye Lake, Ohio; Son: Dennis Mingyar and wife Crystal of Pleasantville, Ohio; Daughter: Polly Ann Marinel Mingyar Boucher and husband Rich of Hebron, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by an infant son and sister, Lorell Dennis Nelson.

Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2003 at the Kirkersville Chapel of Henderson, Van Atta & Johnston Funeral Service, 285 East Main St., Kirkersville and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003 at Toothman Funeral Home, 141 South Marietta St., St. Clairsville.