Obituaries - Mi
AMOS L. MILLER, 63 YEARS, DIED AT HIS HOME
ON CURTIS ST., JERSEYVILLE. PRIVATE FUNERAL HELD FROM HOME. REV.
JOSEPH JENKINS. OG CEMETERY. BORN SEPT. 28, 1855 EIGHT MILES
SOUTH OF JERSEY. DIED FEB. 18. ON FEB. 14, 1866 MARRIED ROSE
ELLA WHITE IN OLD KANE. SIX CHILDREN: MARY E. SYLVESTER, MRS.
CHAS ANDERSON, RAY E. WILLIAM AND SARAH A. ROY E. DIED NEARLY
TWO YEARS AGO. THESE FIVE CHILDREN, THE WIFE, THREE BROTHERS,
W.P. OF THIS CITY, ADOLPH OF COAL CITY, ALVA P. OF GEM, ALBERTA,
CANADA; ONE SISTER, MRS. N.E. VAN BLUSKIRK OF KINCAID, KAN. AND
ONE GRANDCHILD, RAY ELSWORTH. FUNERAL FROM HOME. REV. JOSEPH
JENKINS, BAPTIST CHURCH. PALLBEARERS: JAS. C. DOWNEY, ROBERT L.
DOWNEY, FINIS A. DOWNEY, W.A. ATTERBERRY, C.E. ATTEBERRY AND
J.W. ATTERBERY. BUR. OG CEM.
FROM DEMO NEWS. SEP. 1984: HARRY M. MILLER
77 YEARS OF R.1 KANE, DIED SEP 12 AT JACKSONVILLE. BORN MAY 8,
1907 IN ALTON SON OF AUGUST E. AND LORA MAE RREVES MILLER. WWII
VET. GUBSER FUNERAL HOME. REV. TERRY TURNER. BURIED IN
GRIMES-NNELY CEM. LEAVES WIFE, MONNIE ALICE LANDERS WHOM HE MAR.
SEP. 1, 192? IN AUBURN. ONE SON, CHARLES MILLER OF JERSEYVILLE.
DAU., CLARA MILLER OF JERSEYVILLE. 11 GRANDCHILDREN 12 GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER, LILLIAN HUNTSMAN, SPRING VALLEY, CALIF.
PRECEDED BY SON, JOHN E. MILLER.
JER. REP. JAN. 30, 1919--MRS. ELIZABETH MARY MILLER,
AGED 25 YEARS, DIED AT HER HOME THREE AND HALF MILES NORTH OF
JERSEYVILLE. PRIVATE FUNERAL HELD FROM HOME. BURIAL IN KANE
CEMETERY. REV. E.B. TIMMONS AND REV. R.T. GASAWAY.
FLOYD R. MILLER, RETIRED BUSINESSMAN OF
JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT ONE-FIFTEEN O'CLOCK FRI MORNING NOV. 2, AT
THE JERSEY COMM. HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD BEEN A MEDICAL PATIENT
FOR THE PAST MONTH. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THREE-THIRTY
O'CLOCK SUN. AFTERNOON, NOV. 4, AT JACOBY BROS. FUNERAL HOME
WITH REV. M. EDWARDS BREED OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WAS IN OAK
GROVE CEMETERY.MR. MILLER WAS BORN IN ROCKBRIDGE, IL JUL 20,
1881 A SON OF THE LATE DR. ADAM E. AND GENEVA LUDWIG MILLER. HE
MARKED HIS SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY LAST JULY. THE
DECEDENT WAS GRADUATED FROM THE JERSEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE
CLASS OF 1901, AND ATTENDED NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL IN
CHICAGO. HIS MARRIAGE TO CHARLOTTE E. JACOBS OF JERSEYVILLE TOOK
PLACE IN 1906. SHE, TOGETHER WITH THE COUPLE'S TWO CHILDREN,
ELIZABETH AND FREDERICK, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. THE LATTER, A
MAJOR IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, WAS TAKEN PRISONER ON
CORREGIDOR, AND LOST HIS LIFE IN 1944 WHEN A PRISON SHIP MOVING
PRISONERS FROM PHILLIPINES TO CHINA WAS SUNK. MR. MILLER'S
MARRIAGE TO MISS MARGUERITE KELLER OF JERSEYVILLE TOOK PLACE IN
1926. SURVIVING THE DECEDENT IN ADDITION TO MRS. MILLER ARE A
SON AND DAUGHTER, FLOYD PAUL MILLER OF JERSEYVILLE AND MRS. RITA
MILLER PAPE OF ST. LOUIS; ONE GRANDSON, JEFFREY SCOTT MILLER;
ONE BROTHER, OLIVER J. MILLER OF PALMYRA, AND ONE SISTER, MRS.
ZADA HUTCHINSON OF HIGHLAND PARK, IL. AS A YOUNG MAN, MR. MILLER
ENGAGED IN THE GENERAL MERCANTILE BUSINESS WITH HIS FATHER AND
BROTHER IN ROCKBRIDGE. THE YEARS FROM 1911 TO 1916 WERE SPENT IN
FARMING AT GREENFIELD AND IN THE LATTER YEAR HE BECAME
AFFILIATED WITH AND OPERATED THE JACOBS LUMBER COMPANY IN
JERSEYVILLE. HE CONTINUED IN THAT BUSINESS UNTIL 1923. IN 1924,
MR. MILLER ERECTED A MODERN BRICK BUILDING ON NORTH STATE STREET
AND OPENED A HARDWARE STORE WHICH NOW BEARS THE FIRM NAME OF
F.R. MILLER AND SON, AND HAS, SINCE MILLER'S RETIREMENT IN 1947,
BEEN OPERATED BY HIS SON, PAUL MILLER. MR. MILLER CONTINUED HIS
FARMING AND LIVESTOCK INTERESTS AFTER RETIRING FROM THE HARDWARE
STORE. IN FORMER YEARS, MR. MILLER WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE
MASONIC LODGE.
HAZEL M. MILLER, 60, OF R 1, FIELDON DIED
JAN 24. BORN MAR 2, 1924 IN GREENE CO TO MARLE AND AGNES ONTIS
SEEMAN. LEAVES HUSBAND, EARSIE WHOM SHE MARRIED NOV. 17, 1945,
SONS; DENNIS DOUGLAS, EARSIE D., ALL OF JERSEYVILLE, JEFF AND
HERB OF FIELDON, DAUS: BETTY MILLER, DEBBIE WYHS AND MELISS K.
MILLER OF FIELDON, HALF-SISTER, KATIE SCHERRET, FLINT, MICH. AND
11 GRANDCHILDREN. [DEMO NEWS JAN. 31 1985]
SERVICES FOR HAZEL M. MILLER, 60, R. 1,
FIELDON WERE CONDUCTED SUNDAY AT JACOBY BROS FUNERAL HOME BY THE
REV. CLYDE SHAW WITH BURIAL AT FIELDON CEMETERY. SHE DIED AT
6:30 PM JAN 24 AT CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST. SHE WAS BORN
MARCH 2, 1924 IN GREENE COUNTY TO THE LATE MERLE AND AGNES ONTIS
SEEMAN. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, EARSIE WHOM WHE MARRIED NOV.
17, 1945; SONS, DENNIS, DOUGLAS, EARSIE D., ALL OF JERSEYVILLE,
JEFF AND HERB OF FIELDON; DAUGHTERS, BETTY MILLER, DEBBIE WYHS
AND MELISSA K. MILLER, FIELDON; A HALF SISTER, KATIE SCHERRET,
FLINT, MICH. AND 11 GRANDCHILDREN.
MARY ELIZABETH, DAU. OF NOAH AND SARAH
THOMPSON CHADDOCK, WAS BORN IN MEADVILLE, PA., JAN. 31 1831,
DIED AT HER HOME IN THIS CITY APRIL 26, 1911, AGED 80 YEARS, 3
MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. SHE REMOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO KENTUCKY IN
EARLY CHILDHOOD. WHE WAS MARRIED TO DR. BENJ. F. MILLER
IN MADISONVILLE, KY IN 1850. TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE
BORN, LUCY E. MILLER AND DANIEL C. MILLER, THE ELDEST TWO STILL
SURVIVE AND RESIDE IN JERSEYVILLE. DR. MILLER DIED BEFORE THE
WAR OF THE REBELLION. DURING THE WAR SHE SHE WAS MARRIED TO
AARON C. GAMBLE IN CARROLLTON, IL. MR. GAMBLE SERVED THREE YEARS
IN THE WAR, BEING DISCHARGED IN THE SPRING OF 1865. TO THEM WERE
BORN THREE CHILDREN, LAURA A., WHO DIED IN EARLY CHILDHOOD,
SILAS C. WHO DIED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND OLIVE G. GAMBLE
OF THIS CITY. AFTER MR. GAMBLE'S DEATH JAN 25, 1883, MRS. GAMBLE
CAME TO JERSEYVILLE WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED. SHE LEAVES TO
MOURN HER LOSS, THREE CHILDREN, ELEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND SIXTEEN
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, BESIDES A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS. SHE WAS A KIND MOTHER AND GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WILL BE
GREATLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. INTERMENT IN OAK GROVE
CEMETERY. REV. STEPHEN CATT, OFFICIATING.
OLIN PATRICK MILLER, 63, DIED SUDDENLY
THURS. AFTERNOON, DEC. 24 AT FOUR-TWENTY O'CLOCK AT HIS HOME ON
EAST EXCHANGE ST. MR. MILLER HAD WORKED AS USUAL THURSDAY AT HIS
JOB AS SHIPPING CLERK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY. AFTER
WORK HE HAD TAKEN HIS CAR TO A GARAGE FOR A CHECK AND HAD
RETURNED TO HIS HOME AND WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR WHEN HE BECAME
ILL AND DIED BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF A PHYSICIAN. HIS DEATH IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE RESULTED FROM A HEART ATTACK. THE DECEDENT WAS
A SON OF THE LATE PATRICK AND ALICE WALTRIP MILLER AND WAS BORN
IN GREEN COUNTY AUG. 19, 1890. HIS AGE AT THE TIME OF DEATH WAS
SIXTY THREE YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS. MR. MILLER HAD
BEEN A RESIDENT OF JERSEYVILLE SINCE A YOUNG MAN. HE WAS A
WELL-KNOWN MUSICIAN AND ORGANIZED THE MILLER ORCHESTRA WHICH FOR
MANY YEARS PLAYED AT LOCAL FUNCTIONS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS
WIFE, MRS. FLORENCE MILLER, THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. ERIC STORZ,
MRS. RUSSELL FROST AND MISS HELEN MILLER OF ST. LOUIS, ONE
BROTHER, FRANK MILLER OF JERSEYVILLE AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 27, AT TWO
O'CLOCK AT THE GUBSER FUNERAL HOME. REV. F.W. SCHWARZLOSE,
PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, OFFICIATED AND INTERMENT WAS IN
OAK GROVE CEMETERY.
THOMAS J. MILLER DIED AT HIS HOME FOUR MILES
WEST OF KANE, IL. TUES, MAR. 28. 81 YEARS. MARRIED REBECCA A.
PHILLIPS IN 1854. FOUR CHILDREN: ONE DIED IN INFANCY. ELDEST NOW
LIVING IS MRS. HATTIE JAYNES NEAR KANE, ALSO MRS. AMADA
HAUDASHET OF WALNUT, KAN. LOVING FATHER, HONORABLE MAN. FUNERAL
AT BETHANY CHURCH. REV. WM. H. DICKMAN OF CARROLLTON. BURIAL LAX
CEMETERY.
WILLIAM A. MILLER, 91 FORMERLY OF
JERSEYVILLE, DIED SEP 20, 1988, AT HIS HOME IN RAMONA, CALIF.
AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE WAS BORN OCT. 8, 1896. HE WAS A
MEMBER OF THE JERSEYVILLE LODGE NO 394 A.F. & A.M. ALSO
SURVIVING ARE A SON, RUEBEN DEVIES MILLER OF CALIFORNIA; TWO
GRANDCHILDREN AND THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; NIECES AND NEPHEWS:
ARTHUR ANDERSON OF DENVER, COLORADO, JACK KEEFE, JR ., OF
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MARY ANNY HENEGHAN DAUM AND JOSEPH HENEGHAN
BOTH OF CARROLLTON, THOMAS HENEGHAN OF FAIRFIELD, CALIF AND
JEANNE HENEGHAN DEAN OF QUINCY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS
PARENTS, TWO BROTHERS, RAY E. MILLER AND SYLVESTER LYNN MILLER;
THREE SISTERS, ALMA MILLER MAJOR, JESSIE MILLER ANDERSON AND
MARY MILLER LANHAM. HIS BODY WAS CREMATED. A MEMORIAL SERVICE
WAS HELD. HE MARRIED CATHERINE ALDERSON ON APR. 20, 1920; SHE
SURVIVES.
MRS. BERTHA MAE MILNER, 81, OF 701 LEAVETT
ST., JERSEYVILLE DIED AT 7 PM ON MAR 31 AT JERSEY COMM.
HOSPITAL. FINAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 1:30 PM TODAY,
APR. 3, FROM JACOBY FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. DORCIE HILL
OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL BE IN THE OAK GROVE CEMETERY. SHE
WAS BORN ON OCT. 6, 1893 IN GREENE COUNTY, THE DAUGHTER OF
ANDREW AND CAROLINE COOMBS ESTES. HER HUSBAND WAS THE LATE HARRY
MILNER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, HARRY OF ALTON AND HOMER OF
GODFREY; A DAUGHER, MRS. ELKNAH (FRANCES) YOUNG OF JERSEYVILLE;
ONE BROTHER, CLARENCE ESTES OF MARION, KAN., SEVEN
GRANDCHILDREN; 23 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; ONE
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILD. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER
HUSBAND, PARENTS, ONE SON AND THREE BROTHERS.
Last Kane Soldier Passes Away
MILNER, ISAAC (1844 - 1921)
The Village of Kane witnessed Monday afternoon the sounding of taps for the
last veteran of the Civil War living in the vicinity when the body of Isaac
William Milner was placed in the Woodbury Cemetery.
Mr. Milner passed away at the home of his daughter Minnie Milner, Saturday
afternoon (June 5, 1926) at 2 o'clock, to answer the roll call of eternity
at the age of 82 years, 2 months and 22 days. Isaac was born March 12, 1844
in Wayne City, County of Wayne, Illinois to Thomas Logan Milner (1820-1862)
and Matilda R. (Holmes) Milner (1824-1851)
Funeral services were held from the M.E. Church Monday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock. Rev. Harms officiating and interment was in Woodbury cemetery.
He leaves to mourn his passing, four sons, Roy of Divernon, Joseph of
Springfield, Harry and Miss Minnie of Kane, Julia Rexcoat of Arkansas and
Myrtle of Carrollton.
Published in the Alton Evening Telegraph
Saturday, June 12, 1926, Page 5.
Contributed 02 May 2017 by
Dan Hardy
GEORGE MILNER OF KANE RECEIVED WORD SUNDAY
OF THE DEATH OF HIS NEPHEW, WAYNE MILNER, 45, WHICH OCCURRED
SAT. AT HAMMOND, INDIANA. HE WAS A SON OF MR. AND MRS. HARRY
MILNER, SR. OF JERSEYVILLE. SURVIVING HIM IN ADDITION TO HIS
WIFE, ONE SISTER, MRS. MILFORD WHITLOCK OF JERSEYVILLE, AND TWO
BROTHERS, HOMER OF GODFREY AND HARRY JR. OF ALTON. THE FAMILY
FORMERLY RESIDED AT KANE. FUNERAL RITES WERE HELD TUES.
AFTERNOON AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND BURIAL WAS IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY
IN JERSEYVILLE.
FROM JER. REP. FEB. 15, 1912: EUNICE, WIFE
OF A. J. MINER OF CLIFFDALE, CALHOUN CO., DIED
JAN 19 AT HER HOME. 66 YEARS. COME WITH PARENTS FROM ESSEX CO.,
NY WHEN WAS 7, AND SETTLED IN GREENE CO. MARRIED A.J. MINER OF
JERSEYVILLE, CEREMONE BEING DONE AT CARROLLTON. SETTLED IN KANE,
THEN TO CALHOUN COUNTY. LEAVES HUSBAND, WHO IS A BROTHER OF
SQUIRE MINER OF CARROLLTON AND FOUR CHILDREN: MRS. JOSEPHINE
GRISWOLD OF CLINTON, IOWA; CHARLES H. OF HARLAND, KAN.; LORENZO
J. AND HUGH H. OF CALHOUN. ONE SISTER: MARY A GOURLEY OF
CALHOUN. FUNERAL AT SILVER CREEK CEM. REV. SCHULTZ.
JULIA MISEGADES, 82, OF JERSEYVILLE, DIED
FEB. 14, 1988 AT GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME IN JERSEYVILLE.
SHE WAS BORN IN CARROLLTON TO THE LATE FRANK P. AND JULIA
(KEOUHGAN) MCDONOUGH. SHE WAS A SECRETARY FOR THE ST. LOUIS
DIABETES ASSOCIATION FOR 10 YEARS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST.
FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH IN JERSEYVILLE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE SISTER
CATHERINE CURRAN OF JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
SISTERS, HELEN MCDOUNOUGH, SARAH MCDONOUGH AND MARY BROWING AND
BROTHER JAMES MCDONOUGH. THE FUNERAL WAS MAR. 1, 1988 AT ST.
FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH WITH THE REVS HENRY SCHMIDT AND THOMAS
MCQUEENY AS CONCELEBRANTS. BURIAL WAS IN ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
CEMETERY. A MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
DOROTHY MITCHELL, 79, DIED MONDAY, SEP 23,
1991, AT HER DAUGHTER'S HOME IN WINCHESTER. BORN ON JUL 29,
1912, IN FIELDON, SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ISOM AND ADA
(YOUNG) SCHAAF. SHE MARRIED CHARLES MITCHELL ON FEB. 15, 1931 IN
JERSEYVILLE. HE DIED DEC. 27, 1974. SURVIVING ARE FIVE SONS,
CHARLES MITCHELL OF ALSEY, L.C. MITCHETT OF VIRGINIA IL., GEORGE
MITCHELL OF SILVIS AND THOMAS AND CLYDE MITCHELL, BOTH OF
MURRAYVILLE; A DAUGHTER, REBA WITWER OF SINCHESTER; 16
GRANDCHILDREN; FIVE STEPGRANDCHILDREN; 21 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN;
THREE STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; A BROTHER, FRED SCHAAF OF
JERSEYVILLE; AND FOUR SISTERS, ROSEMARY SCHAAF OF FIELDON, HAZEL
THOMPSON OF KANE AND SOPHIA MILLER AND MARGIE DILKS, BOTH OF
JERSEYVILLE. TWO BROTHERS, HENRY AND JULIUS SCHAAF, AND A
SISTER, ALBERTA EVANS, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. VISITATION IS FROM
1:30 TO 9 PM WEDNESDAY AT WILLIAMSON FUNERAL HOME IN
JACKSONVILLE, WHERE SERVICES ARE AT 11 AM THURSDAY. THE REV.
PHILLIP DUNN WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL IS IN MURRAYVILLE CEMETERY.
DATED 12-7-1967: MRS. SARAH M. MITZEL OF 328
EAST ARCH STREET, JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT TWO O'CLOCK WED. MORNING,
DEC. 6, AT WATERS NURSING HOME WHERE SHE HAD BEEN A PATIENT THE
PAST TEN DAYS. HER HEALTH HAD BEEN IMPAIRED FOR SOME TIME.
VISITATION HOURS WILL BE HELD AT THE GUBSER FUNERAL HOME AFTER
SEVEN O'CLOCK THURSDAY EVENING. THE ROSARY WILL BE RECITED FRI
NIGHT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. A CONCELEBRATED REQUIEM MASS WILL TAKE
PLACE AT TEN O'CLOCK SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY
GHOST WITH FATHER ROBERT L. HEINTZ OF JERSEYVILLE AND FATHER
P.O. HEINEN OF TAYLORVILLE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST.
FRANCIS CEMETERY. MRS. MITZEL WAS BORN IN BLOOMSDALE, MO, AUG.
2, 1874 , A DAUG. OF THE ALTE MR. AND MRS. JACOB BOYER. HER AGE
AT DEATH WAS NINETY-THREE YEARS, FOUR MONTHS, AND FOUR DAYS.
SURVIVING MRS. MITZEL ARE SEVEN DAUGHTERS; MISSES BLANCHE AND
AGNES MITZEL AND MRS. JAMES (IRENE) WALSH OF JERSEYVILLE, MISS
MARIE MITZEL OF ST. LOUIS, MRS. AUGUST (PAULINE) POHLMAN OF
CARROLLTON, MRS. LEO (LEONA) FLECHENSTEIN OF CHICAGO, AND MRS.
FRANCIS (MILLY LOU) WHITLEY OF SPRINGFIELD; ONE SON, HAROLD
MITZEL OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND
THIRTY-THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HER HUSBAND, AUGUST MITZEL;
TWO SONS, FRAN AND RAYMOND, AND ONE DAU., RUTH ANN, PRECEDED HER
IN DEATH.
