Monday, November 12, 1934
Mertie "Pub" MILLER, aged 56, well-known local resident was found dead in bed at his rooms 128 1/2 East 8th street, this city at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Death which was attributed to heart trouble was believed to have occurred around four o'clock Saturday morning, Coroner Herbert ZIMMERMAN stated. The discovery of the death was made by William CHAMBERLAIN at the Chamberlain Bros. cigar store at which place Mr. Miller had been employed as janitor for the past several years.
Mertie, son of John and Eliza MILLER, was born on a farm east of Athens on January 2nd, 1878, and had been a resident of this community all of his life. For a long number of years he was fireman at the local electric light plant and in later years found employment as a laborer and janitor. The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Bertie HAVENS, of Huntington, Ind., and Mrs. C. W. HIGHWAY, of Mishawaka. Two sisters, a brother and his parents preceded in death.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. Loren STINE were conducted from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral home at two o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1934
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Monday, November 12, 1934
Mertie "Pub" MILLER, aged 56, well-known local resident was found dead in bed at his rooms 128 1/2 East 8th street, this city at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Death which was attributed to heart trouble was believed to have occurred around four o'clock Saturday morning, Coroner Herbert ZIMMERMAN stated. The discovery of the death was made by William CHAMBERLAIN at the Chamberlain Bros. cigar store at which place Mr. Miller had been employed as janitor for the past several years.
Mertie, son of John and Eliza MILLER, was born on a farm east of Athens on January 2nd, 1878, and had been a resident of this community all of his life. For a long number of years he was fireman at the local electric light plant and in later years found employment as a laborer and janitor. The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Bertie HAVENS, of Huntington, Ind., and Mrs. C. W. HIGHWAY, of Mishawaka. Two sisters, a brother and his parents preceded in death.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. Loren STINE were conducted from the Zimmerman Brothers Funeral home at two o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial was made in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1934
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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