Otis R. Eller, 74, a former Blair resident and a brother of Judge I. C. Eller, died Tuesday at his home in Long Beach, California. He was the retired assistant of the Lincoln district of the railway mail service.
At the time of his retirement in July, 1940, Eller was the oldest record employee in point of service of the 14th railway mail service division, comprising Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.
Born in Iowa July 20, 1870, Eller received his first appointment with the service as a substitute railway postal clerk in November, 1893. After working on several lines in Nebraska and surrounding states, he became assistant chief of the Lincoln district in May, 1914. Three years later he transferred to the chief clerk's office in Omaha and several months later returned voluntarily to the road as clerk in charge of the Omaha-Denver run.
In October, 1925, he was appointed chief clerk of the Lincoln district, servicing in that capacity until 1933.
Following his retirement in 1940, Eller went to California with his wife, and except for a brief stay in Chicago, had lived there until his death.
Besides his wife Agnes, he is survived by two sons, Henry, a minister, and Warren, a doctor.
This obituary was added online on 9/23/2011 to newashcogs.org.
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Otis Reader Eller married Ruth Matran on Oct. 8, 1900 in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska. At what should be Otis's spot is an "Eller" stone. As Otis remarried after Celia's death, he may be buried elsewhere with his second wife. If this is the case, this entry will be designated a cenotaph.
Otis R. Eller, 74, a former Blair resident and a brother of Judge I. C. Eller, died Tuesday at his home in Long Beach, California. He was the retired assistant of the Lincoln district of the railway mail service.
At the time of his retirement in July, 1940, Eller was the oldest record employee in point of service of the 14th railway mail service division, comprising Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.
Born in Iowa July 20, 1870, Eller received his first appointment with the service as a substitute railway postal clerk in November, 1893. After working on several lines in Nebraska and surrounding states, he became assistant chief of the Lincoln district in May, 1914. Three years later he transferred to the chief clerk's office in Omaha and several months later returned voluntarily to the road as clerk in charge of the Omaha-Denver run.
In October, 1925, he was appointed chief clerk of the Lincoln district, servicing in that capacity until 1933.
Following his retirement in 1940, Eller went to California with his wife, and except for a brief stay in Chicago, had lived there until his death.
Besides his wife Agnes, he is survived by two sons, Henry, a minister, and Warren, a doctor.
This obituary was added online on 9/23/2011 to newashcogs.org.
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Otis Reader Eller married Ruth Matran on Oct. 8, 1900 in Norfolk, Madison, Nebraska. At what should be Otis's spot is an "Eller" stone. As Otis remarried after Celia's death, he may be buried elsewhere with his second wife. If this is the case, this entry will be designated a cenotaph.
Gravesite Details
This listing is based on the entry at blairnebraska.org.
Family Members
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Rev William Hamilton Eller
1842–1922
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Barnett Cleveland Eller
1844–1929
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Virginia "Jennie" Eller Hook
1845–1897
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Nannie Eller Troxel
1847–1892
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Mary Octavo Eller Phelps
1848–1881
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James Anderson Eller
1850–1932
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Jesse Franklin Eller
1852–1932
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Israel Curtis Eller
1853–1944
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Martha Clementine Eller Dickins
1855–1939
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John Quincy Eller
1857–1875
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Thomas Arnold Eller
1859–1937
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Jacob H. Eller
1861–1955
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Edson C Eller
1864–1920
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Maggie Eller Davis
1866–1935
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