St. Clair County Obits

CATHARINE MILLER

The [Lowry City, Missouri] Independent
1 June 1922
no page number given, transcribed by Luster Earl Colley

Mrs. Catharine Miller

Mrs. Catharine Miller, wife of Francis M. Miller Sr., a former well known resident of this vicinity, died at the home of her son Willis Miller, in Carrollton, Missouri, May 28, 1922, at the age of 82 years, and 26 days.

Her maiden name was Catharine Gilley and she was born in the state of Tennessee, May 3, 1840. She and her sister being orphans, they came with their uncle in their girlhood to Missouri, settling in Benton County, where she afterward married Francis M. Miller on the 8th of November, 1860.

They lived in Warsaw, Missouri, a number of years, coming to Lowry City, in 1872. In a short time they bought a farm two miles north of town, where they lived for over forty years, making many friends, who will remember Mrs. Miller as a noble Christian character and a kind friend and neighbor.

They sold their farm and moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1910, where they lived until the death of Mr. Miller, April 16, 1915, since which time she has made her home at Carrollton, Missouri.

She leaves eight children to mourn her death: Alice, Clara, and Willis Miller of Carrollton, Missouri; Walter of Copan, Oklahoma; Frank of Kansas City, Missouri; mrs. Myrtle Jarvis, Yates Center, Kansas, and Nellie of Lowry City, all of whom were present at the burial of their mother. One son, Clarence, preceded her to the Great Beyond on August 12, 1896.

Funeral services were held at Carrollton, May 29, 1922 at 2 p. m., conducted by her pastor Rev. G. L. Bush of that place. Interment was made at Lowry City cemetery, May 30, 1922, burial services being conducted by Rev. J. M. Hawkins.

Submitted by: Gregg Mattocks