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 Service Held
Thursday For Mrs. G. W. Miller Mrs.
Martha Ann Miller, 80 years old, wife of G.W. Miller, died
Thursday evening of last week at her home here after a long
illness. A daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. W.A. Loe, she was born
March 17, 1866, near Modena. Her father was a pioneer Methodist
minister and Civil War veteran. On Jan. 21, 1883, she was married
to G.W. Miller. For 62 years she was an active member of the
Methodist church, and during most of the time taught a Sunday
school class. She was a teacher of considerable ability. About a
year ago ill health forced her to give up active participation in
church work. Besides her husband, she is survived by four
daughters. Mrs. Charles H. Long, Kansas City; Mrs. Paul Everly,
Trenton; Mrs. Perry P. Coon and Mrs Neal D. Martin, both of
Princeton; a sister, Mrs Eliza Everett, of Anaheim, Calif; two
brothers, J.W. Loe of Mill Grove and Dr. Fred Loe, of Ft.
Defiance, Ariz. Also surviving are nine grand-children. Funeral
services were held Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church
being conducted by the Rev. H.E. Corbin. Burial was in the
Princeton cemetery. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of
Mrs. Howard Woods, Charles Shaffner and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Mills with Mrs. Shaffner and Mrs. Marguerite Umstead at the piano
and organ. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were
Mr. and Mrs. Poe Waltner, Spickard; Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Loe, Mr. and
Mrs. George St. Peter, all of Mill Grove; Mrs. Martha Downey of
Cainsville; Mrs. Clyde McCollum, Mrs. Elmer Johnson, John Cross,
Mrs. Clyde Baltz, Mrs. Guy Ratliff, Mrs. A.E. Beckman, Mrs. Ray
Baily, Mrs. Ray Thomas, Mrs. Olin Stone, Mrs. Frank McGuire, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Everly and grandchildren, Paul and Bobby, all of
Trenton; Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Coon of Bethany; Mr. and Mrs
James Dent, Salem, Mo.
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