Obit: Miller, Carl W. #2 (1888 – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
 
Surnames: Miller, Hellert, Baehr, Carey, Vetterkind, Auman

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 21 Jan 1971

Miller, Carl W. (4 FEB 1888 – 18 JAN 1971)

At two o'clock this afternoon (Thursday, January 21) funeral services for Carl William Miller were conducted at St. John's Lutheran Church, Withee, with the parish pastor, Rev. Arthur Hellert, officiating. Burial was made at Riverside Cemetery.

Six grandsons, Allen and Marvin Miller, Vernon and Raymond Miller, Ted Baehr and Gerald Carey served as pallbearers.

Mr. Miller passed away at 4:35 p.m. Monday, January 18, 1971 at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, succumbing to complications of old age. He was 82 years, 11 months and 14 days of age.

He was born February 4, 1888 at Eidsvold (Clark Co., Wis.), where he attended school. On February 4, 1919 he and the former Ella Vetterkind were united in marriage in a ceremony performed at Withee. The couple made their home in the town of Reseburg, where they farmed, and he served several terms as a school board member.

He is survived by his wife Ella; a sister, Mrs. Emma Auman, Stanley; four sons, Ervin and Andrew, Withee; Edward, Loyal; and Elmer, Greenwood; one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Geraldine) Baehr, Altoona; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.