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Ida May Eby Miller

MILLER, EBY, BAKER, KNEEN, SMITH, PEERSON

Posted By: Diane Shough (email)
Date: 9/8/2018 at 14:24:08

"Mrs Ida Miller -- Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Miller, wife of Wesley Miller, of Osceola, will be held from the Webster Funeral Home Friday afternoon at two o'clock. Mrs. Miller died Tuesday after a long illness. Mrs. and Mrs. Miller have lived in Clarke county for many years and are among the best known and most highly respected citizens of the community. Ida May Eby daughter of Andrew and Sarah Eby was born October 17, 1865 and departed this life on January 4, 1944 at the age of 78 years, 2 months and 17 days. She was born at Monmouth, Ill., and continued to live in Illinois for 25 years until 1891 when the family moved to Clarke county, Iowa, where she continued to live the remainder of her life. She was united in marriage to John Wesley Miller on February 16, 1888. To this union six children were born. Two children preceded her in death, Dell Eby died at one year of age, and Ogal Beatrice passed away at two years of age (Ogal may be the unnamed child listed in Clarke County Birth Records born 5 July 1891 - no grave found for her). The surviving are her husband, Mr. Wesley Miller, and 4 children: Everett Clyde of Des Moines, Mrs. LeRoy Baher [sic] of Lorimor, Iowa, Mrs. Allen Smith of Osceola, and Mrs. Clyde Peerson of Bakersfield, California. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Anna Kneen of Monmouth, Ill. Mrs. Miller was a member of the First Methodist church of Osceola and has been a Methodist for 60 years. She has also been a member of the Rebekah lodge for 60 years and she was also a member of the Eastern Star. She has been a very patient sufferer during 10 weeks of severe illness. She has been a faithful woman, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, and will be greatly missed by all who knew her." (Osceola Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, 11 January 1944, pg. 7)


 

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