From his grandson, Irby Miller:
Grand Father Millers grave was unattended for over over 50
years until my cousin Maxine Updike and other
relatives all pitched in about 1980, and bought
and placed a grave marker on his grave just south of
Glenwood Spgs. He died while on a trip by team and
wagon from his farm near Craig to Rifle,( he hauled freight and produce back and forth) and according
to what I have been told, took sick where the Rio
Blanco Store used to be located on Highway 13 about
15 miles south of Meeker. My cousin Gloria Van Dorn
told me that she had heard that he unhooked his horses
and unharnessed them and turned them loose so they
could get feed and water, and he took his bed roll and
put it under the wagon box as he thought he was going
to die. He had a double hernia which had strangulated
( the blood supply is cut off to the hernia and
gangrene sets in) I have no info on how or who found
him under the wagon and got him to Rifle and
eventually to Glenwood where he died presumably in a
hospital there .. I have visited his grave site a
couple of times since the marker has been installed.
It made me feel sad to realize that my Grandfather
Millers grave had been neglected and forgotten for
almost 50 years. All his relatives either lived in
Missouri or around Craig, and had no reason to go to
Glenwood Spgs.
submitted by other findagrave member.
Grand Father Millers grave was unattended for over over 50
years until my cousin Maxine Updike and other
relatives all pitched in about 1980, and bought
and placed a grave marker on his grave just south of
Glenwood Spgs. He died while on a trip by team and
wagon from his farm near Craig to Rifle,( he hauled freight and produce back and forth) and according
to what I have been told, took sick where the Rio
Blanco Store used to be located on Highway 13 about
15 miles south of Meeker. My cousin Gloria Van Dorn
told me that she had heard that he unhooked his horses
and unharnessed them and turned them loose so they
could get feed and water, and he took his bed roll and
put it under the wagon box as he thought he was going
to die. He had a double hernia which had strangulated
( the blood supply is cut off to the hernia and
gangrene sets in) I have no info on how or who found
him under the wagon and got him to Rifle and
eventually to Glenwood where he died presumably in a
hospital there .. I have visited his grave site a
couple of times since the marker has been installed.
It made me feel sad to realize that my Grandfather
Millers grave had been neglected and forgotten for
almost 50 years. All his relatives either lived in
Missouri or around Craig, and had no reason to go to
Glenwood Spgs.
submitted by other findagrave member.
From his grandson, Irby Miller:
Grand Father Millers grave was unattended for over over 50
years until my cousin Maxine Updike and other
relatives all pitched in about 1980, and bought
and placed a grave marker on his grave just south of
Glenwood Spgs. He died while on a trip by team and
wagon from his farm near Craig to Rifle,( he hauled freight and produce back and forth) and according
to what I have been told, took sick where the Rio
Blanco Store used to be located on Highway 13 about
15 miles south of Meeker. My cousin Gloria Van Dorn
told me that she had heard that he unhooked his horses
and unharnessed them and turned them loose so they
could get feed and water, and he took his bed roll and
put it under the wagon box as he thought he was going
to die. He had a double hernia which had strangulated
( the blood supply is cut off to the hernia and
gangrene sets in) I have no info on how or who found
him under the wagon and got him to Rifle and
eventually to Glenwood where he died presumably in a
hospital there .. I have visited his grave site a
couple of times since the marker has been installed.
It made me feel sad to realize that my Grandfather
Millers grave had been neglected and forgotten for
almost 50 years. All his relatives either lived in
Missouri or around Craig, and had no reason to go to
Glenwood Spgs.
submitted by other findagrave member.
Grand Father Millers grave was unattended for over over 50
years until my cousin Maxine Updike and other
relatives all pitched in about 1980, and bought
and placed a grave marker on his grave just south of
Glenwood Spgs. He died while on a trip by team and
wagon from his farm near Craig to Rifle,( he hauled freight and produce back and forth) and according
to what I have been told, took sick where the Rio
Blanco Store used to be located on Highway 13 about
15 miles south of Meeker. My cousin Gloria Van Dorn
told me that she had heard that he unhooked his horses
and unharnessed them and turned them loose so they
could get feed and water, and he took his bed roll and
put it under the wagon box as he thought he was going
to die. He had a double hernia which had strangulated
( the blood supply is cut off to the hernia and
gangrene sets in) I have no info on how or who found
him under the wagon and got him to Rifle and
eventually to Glenwood where he died presumably in a
hospital there .. I have visited his grave site a
couple of times since the marker has been installed.
It made me feel sad to realize that my Grandfather
Millers grave had been neglected and forgotten for
almost 50 years. All his relatives either lived in
Missouri or around Craig, and had no reason to go to
Glenwood Spgs.
submitted by other findagrave member.
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