Earl Ira McMillan was born October 18, 1903 near Green, Kansas, to Arthur and Emma McMillan. He was baptized April 1, 1923 at the First Presbyterian Church, Idana, Kansas along with his sister Leota McMillan. Earl passed away Thursday morning, September 14, 1995 at the home of his youngest daughter in Kirkwood, Missouri at age 91 years, ten months and 26 days.
He alternated teaching school and attending college until graduating from Kansas State in 1928. (One summer he and two college friends sold cookware door to door to help pay their tuition. Earl said he nearly starved that summer.)
On August 12, 1931, while serving as the high school principal in Longford, Kansas, he married Pearl Lucille Emrich, a one-room country school teacher.
In 1935 he, his wife and their three-year-old daughter moved to a farm near Cabool, Missouri, where they lived for 57 years. For seven years he taught in the country schools of New Arlyns, Johnson and Mt. Ararat. In 1942 he joined the Balanced Farming Association and dedicated his life to the pursuit of farming. With his family by his side he fully enjoyed this challenge.
He served his community in many capacities, by encouraging his neighbors to sign a petition for the Rural Electric Association in the community; by serving on the Cabool School Board for 16 years; by serving on the board of the Farm and Home Association and Mid-America Producers Creamery; and also reported statistics to the U.S. Weather Bureau for many years.
He accepted Christ as a teenager in Idana, Kansas. In November of 1939 he became a member of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, treasurer, and Sunday School teacher for many years. He always exemplified his desire to be obedient to what he thought the Lord wanted him to do.
His marriage of 64 years to Pearl was a continuous celebration of great love and devotion. The past five years Pearl has been his dedicated and selfless caregiver. His patience and sweet spirit in adversity were evident to all.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl; children and their husbands; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his brother Ilo McMillan of Canon City, Colorado; and his sister Leota Hartner of Clinton, Missouri.
Funeral services were conducted 2:00p.m. Saturday, September 16, 1995 in Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Chris Jones officiating. Burial was in Mt. Ararat Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home, Cabool.
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Some of Grandpa's favorite treats included: ice cream; root beer; salted Spanish peanuts and black licorice eaten together. His grandchildren knew he kept the peanuts and licorice in the top drawer of the chest of drawers in the bedroom. Even though they snacked on them, he never changed the hiding place.
The grandchildren always loved to ride and drive the tractor, call the cows for milking and help with milking chores. They loved helping in the large garden, harvesting and preserving food, playing with cats and dogs, and hiking down behind the barn to the spring, in and around large boulders before the drop off to the North Fork River. They loved eating and reading on the screened porch, playing in the attic, and swimming at Topaz and Noblett Lake. They loved being with their grandparents anytime they could.
He alternated teaching school and attending college until graduating from Kansas State in 1928. (One summer he and two college friends sold cookware door to door to help pay their tuition. Earl said he nearly starved that summer.)
On August 12, 1931, while serving as the high school principal in Longford, Kansas, he married Pearl Lucille Emrich, a one-room country school teacher.
In 1935 he, his wife and their three-year-old daughter moved to a farm near Cabool, Missouri, where they lived for 57 years. For seven years he taught in the country schools of New Arlyns, Johnson and Mt. Ararat. In 1942 he joined the Balanced Farming Association and dedicated his life to the pursuit of farming. With his family by his side he fully enjoyed this challenge.
He served his community in many capacities, by encouraging his neighbors to sign a petition for the Rural Electric Association in the community; by serving on the Cabool School Board for 16 years; by serving on the board of the Farm and Home Association and Mid-America Producers Creamery; and also reported statistics to the U.S. Weather Bureau for many years.
He accepted Christ as a teenager in Idana, Kansas. In November of 1939 he became a member of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, treasurer, and Sunday School teacher for many years. He always exemplified his desire to be obedient to what he thought the Lord wanted him to do.
His marriage of 64 years to Pearl was a continuous celebration of great love and devotion. The past five years Pearl has been his dedicated and selfless caregiver. His patience and sweet spirit in adversity were evident to all.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl; children and their husbands; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his brother Ilo McMillan of Canon City, Colorado; and his sister Leota Hartner of Clinton, Missouri.
Funeral services were conducted 2:00p.m. Saturday, September 16, 1995 in Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Chris Jones officiating. Burial was in Mt. Ararat Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home, Cabool.
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Some of Grandpa's favorite treats included: ice cream; root beer; salted Spanish peanuts and black licorice eaten together. His grandchildren knew he kept the peanuts and licorice in the top drawer of the chest of drawers in the bedroom. Even though they snacked on them, he never changed the hiding place.
The grandchildren always loved to ride and drive the tractor, call the cows for milking and help with milking chores. They loved helping in the large garden, harvesting and preserving food, playing with cats and dogs, and hiking down behind the barn to the spring, in and around large boulders before the drop off to the North Fork River. They loved eating and reading on the screened porch, playing in the attic, and swimming at Topaz and Noblett Lake. They loved being with their grandparents anytime they could.
Earl Ira McMillan was born October 18, 1903 near Green, Kansas, to Arthur and Emma McMillan. He was baptized April 1, 1923 at the First Presbyterian Church, Idana, Kansas along with his sister Leota McMillan. Earl passed away Thursday morning, September 14, 1995 at the home of his youngest daughter in Kirkwood, Missouri at age 91 years, ten months and 26 days.
He alternated teaching school and attending college until graduating from Kansas State in 1928. (One summer he and two college friends sold cookware door to door to help pay their tuition. Earl said he nearly starved that summer.)
On August 12, 1931, while serving as the high school principal in Longford, Kansas, he married Pearl Lucille Emrich, a one-room country school teacher.
In 1935 he, his wife and their three-year-old daughter moved to a farm near Cabool, Missouri, where they lived for 57 years. For seven years he taught in the country schools of New Arlyns, Johnson and Mt. Ararat. In 1942 he joined the Balanced Farming Association and dedicated his life to the pursuit of farming. With his family by his side he fully enjoyed this challenge.
He served his community in many capacities, by encouraging his neighbors to sign a petition for the Rural Electric Association in the community; by serving on the Cabool School Board for 16 years; by serving on the board of the Farm and Home Association and Mid-America Producers Creamery; and also reported statistics to the U.S. Weather Bureau for many years.
He accepted Christ as a teenager in Idana, Kansas. In November of 1939 he became a member of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, treasurer, and Sunday School teacher for many years. He always exemplified his desire to be obedient to what he thought the Lord wanted him to do.
His marriage of 64 years to Pearl was a continuous celebration of great love and devotion. The past five years Pearl has been his dedicated and selfless caregiver. His patience and sweet spirit in adversity were evident to all.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl; children and their husbands; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his brother Ilo McMillan of Canon City, Colorado; and his sister Leota Hartner of Clinton, Missouri.
Funeral services were conducted 2:00p.m. Saturday, September 16, 1995 in Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Chris Jones officiating. Burial was in Mt. Ararat Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home, Cabool.
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Some of Grandpa's favorite treats included: ice cream; root beer; salted Spanish peanuts and black licorice eaten together. His grandchildren knew he kept the peanuts and licorice in the top drawer of the chest of drawers in the bedroom. Even though they snacked on them, he never changed the hiding place.
The grandchildren always loved to ride and drive the tractor, call the cows for milking and help with milking chores. They loved helping in the large garden, harvesting and preserving food, playing with cats and dogs, and hiking down behind the barn to the spring, in and around large boulders before the drop off to the North Fork River. They loved eating and reading on the screened porch, playing in the attic, and swimming at Topaz and Noblett Lake. They loved being with their grandparents anytime they could.
He alternated teaching school and attending college until graduating from Kansas State in 1928. (One summer he and two college friends sold cookware door to door to help pay their tuition. Earl said he nearly starved that summer.)
On August 12, 1931, while serving as the high school principal in Longford, Kansas, he married Pearl Lucille Emrich, a one-room country school teacher.
In 1935 he, his wife and their three-year-old daughter moved to a farm near Cabool, Missouri, where they lived for 57 years. For seven years he taught in the country schools of New Arlyns, Johnson and Mt. Ararat. In 1942 he joined the Balanced Farming Association and dedicated his life to the pursuit of farming. With his family by his side he fully enjoyed this challenge.
He served his community in many capacities, by encouraging his neighbors to sign a petition for the Rural Electric Association in the community; by serving on the Cabool School Board for 16 years; by serving on the board of the Farm and Home Association and Mid-America Producers Creamery; and also reported statistics to the U.S. Weather Bureau for many years.
He accepted Christ as a teenager in Idana, Kansas. In November of 1939 he became a member of Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon, treasurer, and Sunday School teacher for many years. He always exemplified his desire to be obedient to what he thought the Lord wanted him to do.
His marriage of 64 years to Pearl was a continuous celebration of great love and devotion. The past five years Pearl has been his dedicated and selfless caregiver. His patience and sweet spirit in adversity were evident to all.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl; children and their husbands; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his brother Ilo McMillan of Canon City, Colorado; and his sister Leota Hartner of Clinton, Missouri.
Funeral services were conducted 2:00p.m. Saturday, September 16, 1995 in Mt. Ararat Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Chris Jones officiating. Burial was in Mt. Ararat Cemetery under direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Home, Cabool.
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Some of Grandpa's favorite treats included: ice cream; root beer; salted Spanish peanuts and black licorice eaten together. His grandchildren knew he kept the peanuts and licorice in the top drawer of the chest of drawers in the bedroom. Even though they snacked on them, he never changed the hiding place.
The grandchildren always loved to ride and drive the tractor, call the cows for milking and help with milking chores. They loved helping in the large garden, harvesting and preserving food, playing with cats and dogs, and hiking down behind the barn to the spring, in and around large boulders before the drop off to the North Fork River. They loved eating and reading on the screened porch, playing in the attic, and swimming at Topaz and Noblett Lake. They loved being with their grandparents anytime they could.
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