William was married to Anna (Fairchild) Miller and his parents per AZ death certificate were Lewis & Minnie (Westerdam) Miller. Lewis came from Germany and Minnie was from South Dakota.
William was a Engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and died of natural causes.
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William died of a heart attack July 14, 1945, while working as an engineer of a S.F.P. & P. train. He was on a regular L.A.-Phoenix passenger run near Wickenburg. The train was traveling about 55 M.P.H. with William at the helm, when his fireman noticed that William had been stricken.
He apparently died instantly. The fireman took the train on to Wickenburg, while the brakeman took over the job of firing the train.
[Information per Sharlot Hall archives by Carol Powell]
William was married to Anna (Fairchild) Miller and his parents per AZ death certificate were Lewis & Minnie (Westerdam) Miller. Lewis came from Germany and Minnie was from South Dakota.
William was a Engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and died of natural causes.
~~~~~~~~~
William died of a heart attack July 14, 1945, while working as an engineer of a S.F.P. & P. train. He was on a regular L.A.-Phoenix passenger run near Wickenburg. The train was traveling about 55 M.P.H. with William at the helm, when his fireman noticed that William had been stricken.
He apparently died instantly. The fireman took the train on to Wickenburg, while the brakeman took over the job of firing the train.
[Information per Sharlot Hall archives by Carol Powell]
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