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Frances Emma <I>Culbertson</I> Miller

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Frances Emma Culbertson Miller

Birth
Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Death
23 Jan 1944 (aged 76)
Waka, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA
Burial
Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C / Block 346 / Lot 1 / Row 15
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OBITUARY OF MRS. T. E. MILLER

Funeral Services for Mrs. T. E. Miller, beloved resident of the Waka community for the past eighteen years, were held from the Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Mrs. MILLER passed away at her home early Sunday morning after suffering two paralytic strokes Saturday.

Rev. P. E. Rhine, pastor of the Waka Church of the Brethren, conducted the Services.

Musical selections were given by Lena Elledge, Gladys Burger, Ruth Rhine, Nora Stump, and David Burger. Flower girls were Rosa Lee Reed, Audrey Lee Stump, Lillie Ellen Newingham, Lois Burger, Lavern Burger and Roberta Burger. Pallbearers were Harley ELLEDGE, J. R. STUMP, Walter ELLEDGE, D. H. REED, Jerry BURGER and Marion GROVES. Burial was made in the Ochiltree Cemetery.

Frances Emma CULBERTSON, second youngest of four children, was born November 30, 1866, in van Buren County, Iowa, and departed this life at her home in Waka, January 23, 1944. Frances grew to young womanhood in Iowa where she graduated from the Birmingham Academy. She taught school several years before her marriage to Theodore E. MILLER, on May 16, 1885, at Douds Station, Iowa.

Two sons were born to this union, Harry T. and John C. In 1909 the family moved to Harper County, Oklahoma, but returned to Iowa in 1913. For the next five years she taught school in Des Moines, Iowa. Later they returned to Oklahoma, and in 1926 they moved to Waka, where they made their home ever since.

In 1903, Mr. and Mrs. MILLER and children joined the Presbyterian Church, later uniting with the Waka church of the Brethren. Mrs. MILLER was a loyal member of the church, teaching a Sunday School class for over fourteen years. She was recognized as an outstanding Christian teacher. At one time Mrs. MILER was a member of the Waka school board, and served as president of the Parent Teacher Association. She was well known in Red Cross because of her splendid knitting and other contributions.

During the past few years her activity in the church and community was restricted because of failing eyesight. Her rapid decline in health came after a fall before Christmas.

A loyal and faithful wife and mother, she leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, her two sons, John c., Upland, Calif., and Harry T., Pampa, two sisters, Mrs. ___ MORSE, Boone, Iowa, Mrs. H. L. GREW, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; ___ grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.

(Published in The Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX), Thursday, January 27, 1944.)
OBITUARY OF MRS. T. E. MILLER

Funeral Services for Mrs. T. E. Miller, beloved resident of the Waka community for the past eighteen years, were held from the Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Mrs. MILLER passed away at her home early Sunday morning after suffering two paralytic strokes Saturday.

Rev. P. E. Rhine, pastor of the Waka Church of the Brethren, conducted the Services.

Musical selections were given by Lena Elledge, Gladys Burger, Ruth Rhine, Nora Stump, and David Burger. Flower girls were Rosa Lee Reed, Audrey Lee Stump, Lillie Ellen Newingham, Lois Burger, Lavern Burger and Roberta Burger. Pallbearers were Harley ELLEDGE, J. R. STUMP, Walter ELLEDGE, D. H. REED, Jerry BURGER and Marion GROVES. Burial was made in the Ochiltree Cemetery.

Frances Emma CULBERTSON, second youngest of four children, was born November 30, 1866, in van Buren County, Iowa, and departed this life at her home in Waka, January 23, 1944. Frances grew to young womanhood in Iowa where she graduated from the Birmingham Academy. She taught school several years before her marriage to Theodore E. MILLER, on May 16, 1885, at Douds Station, Iowa.

Two sons were born to this union, Harry T. and John C. In 1909 the family moved to Harper County, Oklahoma, but returned to Iowa in 1913. For the next five years she taught school in Des Moines, Iowa. Later they returned to Oklahoma, and in 1926 they moved to Waka, where they made their home ever since.

In 1903, Mr. and Mrs. MILLER and children joined the Presbyterian Church, later uniting with the Waka church of the Brethren. Mrs. MILLER was a loyal member of the church, teaching a Sunday School class for over fourteen years. She was recognized as an outstanding Christian teacher. At one time Mrs. MILER was a member of the Waka school board, and served as president of the Parent Teacher Association. She was well known in Red Cross because of her splendid knitting and other contributions.

During the past few years her activity in the church and community was restricted because of failing eyesight. Her rapid decline in health came after a fall before Christmas.

A loyal and faithful wife and mother, she leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, her two sons, John c., Upland, Calif., and Harry T., Pampa, two sisters, Mrs. ___ MORSE, Boone, Iowa, Mrs. H. L. GREW, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; ___ grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.

(Published in The Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX), Thursday, January 27, 1944.)


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