Individual Details

Ernest "Claude" Miller

(18 Jan 1889 - 18 Aug 1947)

Mount Pleasant News, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Tuesday, August 19, 1947, Page 1, Col. 1: Claude Miller Dies Suddenly. Prominent Farmer East of Mt. Pleasant. New London---Claude Miller, prominent farmer living four miles west of New London, died suddenly of a heart attack Monday afternoon at 1:30 while helping excavate the basement of the new Sumner Shores residence. He had just finished dinner and returned to work with his team and scraper when he was stricken, and fell dead.

He was born January 18, 1889 in Henry county and was the son of Charles F. and Mary (Staker) Miller. He was married to Leona Becker on Jan. 20, 1909 and spent his entire life in Henry County. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and of the Methodist church in New London. Mr. Miller was especially interested in all the affairs of the community and served as director of his school district, as well as being active politically.

Surviving are his wife and four children, Edwin E. Miller, Mrs. Harold Connaughton, both of Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Jack R. Bennage of Danville; Donald Miller of Mt. Pleasant. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Roy Payne of Mt. Pleasant, and two brothers, James A. Miller of Mt. Pleasant and Emery Miller of Riverton, Wyo., and four grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. from the New London Methodist church with the Rev. Paul Ellis, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery. The body will remain at the McDonald funeral home until time for the service.

Events

Birth18 Jan 1889Henry Co., Iowa
Residence1900Center Township (Excl. Mt. Pleasant City), Henry Co., Iowa
Marriage20 Jan 1909New London, Henry Co., Iowa - Leona Becker
Residence1910Center, Henry Co., Iowa
ResidenceJun 1917WW I Draft - Henry Co., Iowa
Residence1920New London, Henry Co., Iowa
Residence1 Jan 1925New London, Henry Co., Iowa
Residence1930New London, Henry Co., Iowa
Residence1 Apr 1940New London, Henry Co., Iowa
Death18 Aug 1947New London, Henry Co., Iowa
BurialE. Claude Miller, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa
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Families

SpouseLeona Becker (1887 - 1978)
ChildMarie Miller ( - )
ChildHelen Miller ( - )
ChildEdwin E. Miller ( - )
ChildDonald W Miller ( - )
FatherCharles P. Miller (1856 - 1910)
MotherMary Louise Stacher (1858 - 1919)
SiblingNellie Verda Miller (1891 - 1970)
SiblingJames Arthur Miller (1895 - 1977)
SiblingEmory Merwin Miller (1897 - 1959)

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