Posted by Capt. Anthony B. Wilson on June 19, 1999 at 00:15:09:
Prominent herpetologist Sherman A. Minton, Jr., M.D. has died.
Author of Venom Diseases, Venomous Reptiles, Giant Reptiles, etc.
April (one of Sherman's daughters) advised me at 20:33 EST (6/15/99) that she had just been notified that Sherman had died. There will be no funeral. There will be a memorial in Indianapolis (see below). April said that Sherman wanted any memorials in his honor to go to the Nature Conservancy of Indiana.
Nature Conservancy of Indiana (317) 923-7547
1330 West 38th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
46208
U.S.A.
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The service will be Tuesday, June 29, 1999 at 2:00 P.M. at:
All Souls Unitarian Church
5805 E. 56th Street
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 545-6005
Take I-65 into Indianapolis
Take I-465 around the east side of Indianapolis
Go west on 56th Street
After you pass Arlington Avenue watch for Channing Street (about 1 ½ blocks past Arlington)
The church is at the intersection of 56th Street and Channing Street (south side of 56th Street). Channing Street "T's" into 56th Street from the south.
If you need a map faxed to you call me.
Capt. Anthony B. Wilson
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Law Enforcement Division
U.S.A.
(812) 526-5521 Voice
(812) 526-8259 Fax