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Obit: Miller, Joachim (1868 - 1953)

 

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Miller, Hoffmann, Witte, Singstock, Augustine, Lueloff, Hake, Plutte, Weinfurtner, Fredrickson, Becken, Bandow, Ebert, Sommer, Ludeman, Procknow, Hayes, Boden, Horn, Kahn, Kilty, Kauffman, Jens

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 09/17/1953

Miller, Joachim (29 May 1868 - 11 Sept. 1953)

Joachim Miller died at his home in Colby, Wisconsin Friday, Sept. 11, at 2:30 P.M., old age complications being the cause of his death, after an illness of six months, at the age of 85 years. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran church in Colby, Wis., Rev. O. Hoffmann officiating, and burial was made in the Green Grove cemetery. Pall bearers were Wm. Witte, Herman Singstock, John Augustine, Bernard Lueloff, Walter Hake and William Plutte. Flowers were in charge of grand daughters - Mrs. Louis Weinfurtner, Mrs. Ward Fredrickson, Miss June Becken, Miss Judy Miller, Miss Annette Miller.

Mr. Miller was born in Raduhn, Germany, on May 29, 1868, and came to the United States in 1885, moving to the town of Green Grove where he built a fine farm out of woodland. He married Bertha Bandow on April 3, 1897, in the town of Green Grove where they lived until they retired in 1931 and moved to Colby, Wis.

Surviving are his wife; three children, Mrs. Halver (Meta) Becken of Colby, Raymond Miller of the town of Colby and Wilbert Miller of the town of Green Grove; 12 grand children; eight great grand children; a brother, John Miller of Owen; two sisters, Mrs, Lena Ebert of Wauwatosa and Mrs. Otto Sommer of Neenah.

Out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Bandow, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bandow, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ludeman, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Procknow and Mrs. Otto Sommer, all of Neenah, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hayes of Pelican Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boden of Milwaukee, Mrs. Frank Horn and son, Glen, of Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Fredrickson of Gilman, Henry Kahn of Neillsville, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kilty of Edgar, Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Kauffman and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weinfurtner and family of Marshfield, Mrs. Bertha Jens of Owen and Fred Miller of Curtiss.

Mr. Miller was a good Christian, honest in all his dealings. He was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneer, thus making friends easily, many of whom have already passed on to the Great Beyond.

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Obit: Miller, Joachim #2 (1868 - 1953)

 

Transcriber: Stan

 

Surnames: Miller, Bandow, Becken, Ebert, Sommer

 

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 09/17/1953

 

Miller, Joachim #2 (29 MAY 1868 - 11 SEP 1953)

 

Funeral services for Joachim Miller, 85, of Colby, were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, Colby, with the Rev. Otto Hoffmann officiating.  Burial was made in the Green Grove Cemetery.  Mr. Miller had been ill for several months and died at 2:30 p.m., Sept. 11, at his home in Colby.

 

Joachim Miller was born May 29, 1868 in Germany.  He came to the U.S. in 1885 and lived on a farm in the Town of Green Grove (Clark Co., Wis.).  He married the former Bertha Bandow on April 3, 1897, in the Town of Green Grove, and lived there until they retired in 1931 and moved to Colby.

 

Surviving him are his wife and three children, Mrs. Halver (Meta) Becken, Colby; Raymond, Town of Colby; and Wilbert, Town Green Grove.  There are also 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.  A brother, John Miller, Owen, and two sisters, Mrs. Lena Ebert, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Otto Sommer, Neenah, also survived him.

 

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Bio: Miller, Joachim (1868 - 1953)

 

Transcriber: Stan

 

Surnames: Miller

 

Naturalization: Joachim Miller Male 29 May 1868 Meklenberg, Germany Bertha Naturalization 25 Sep 1913 Clark, Wisconsin, United States 268

 

 

 


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Obit: Miller, Bertha Marie (1876 - 1960)

 

Transcriber: Stan

  

Surnames: Miller, Christian, Bondow, Becken, Jens, Lulloff, Marquardt, Rahn, Kilty, Prochnow, Borchert, Sommers, Stoker, Weinfurtner, Fredrickson, Kaufman, Weichelt, Busse

 

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 05/19/1960

Miller, Bertha Marie (6 May 1876 - 14 May 1960)

Mrs. Joachim Miller died at her home in Colby Saturday at 9:30 P.M. at the age of 84 years, old age complications and a stroke being the cause of her death. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Zion Lutheran church, Rev. Wm. R. Christian officiating, and internment was made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery. Grand sons served as pall bearers.

Bertha Marie Bondow was born on May 6, 1876, in Garvity, Germany, and came to the United States with a cousin when 16 years of age. Two of her brothers were already in this country. She married Joachim Miller of the town of Green Grove on April 30, 1897. The couple moved onto a farm in the town of Green Grove which they operated until 1931 when they moved to Colby, Wis. He died in 1953.

Mrs. Miller was a member of Zion Lutheran church since 1881 and of the Ladies’ Aid of the congregation. Older people of this community will remember her for her friendly and kindly disposition who always endeavored to perform her duties honestly and well.

Surviving are three children, Raymond Miller of Colby, Mrs. Halver (Meta) Becken of Colby and Wilbert Miller of Curtiss, and twelve grand children. Besides her husband, 10 brothers and sisters preceded her in death.

Out of town relatives attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller of Chippewa Falls, John Miller, Bertha Jens, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lulloff, Fred Lulloff of Owen, Mrs. Chas. Marquardt and daughter, Mildred, of Glendale, Calif., Fred Miller of Abbotsford, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Miller of Curtiss, Henry Rahn of Neillsville, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kilty and Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Kilty of Edgar, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Prochnow, Louis Bondow, Mrs. John Bondow, Mrs. John Allan, Mrs. Otto Borchert, Mrs. Otto Sommers and Mrs. Walter Stoker of Neenah, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weinfurtner, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Fredrickson, Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Kaufman of Marshfield, Don Weichelt of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Busse of Dorchester, Wis.

 


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Bio: Miller, Mrs. J. E. (1896)

 

Transcriber: Stan

  

Surnames: Miller

 

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 24 Sep1960

 

Supper for ten cents, at Mrs. J. E. Miller's, next Saturday evening.

 

 


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