Obit: Miller, Martha (1890 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Miller, Dix, Trester, Schmidt, Lipprandt, Pallnow

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 07 Dec 1972

Miller, Martha (4 Aug 1890 – 28 Nov 1972)

Funeral services were held Friday, December 1, 1972 at United Church of Christ, Colby, for Martha Miller, 82, Abbotsford, who died Tuesday, November 28, 1972 at the “Our Lady of Good Council” Convalescent Home in St. Paul.

The Rev. Kenneth Dix officiated, with burial in Colby Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Miller, the former Martha Trester, was born August 4, 1890 in the Town of Mayville (Clark Co.). On April 13, 1911 she married Ernest Miller at Curtiss. He died April 5, 1957.

She farmed with her husband in the town of Colby until they retired in March of 1942. She lived in Colby until November of 1968, when she moved into the Green Vista at Abbotsford.

She was a member of the United Church of Christ, Ladies Guild, VFW Auxiliary, and senior citizens.

Survivors include five children, Lester of Abbotsford; Edward, Minneapolis; Clarence, Loyal; Ray, Duluth, and Mrs. Ray (Louise) Schmidt, Minneapolis.

Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Anna Lipprandt, Abbotsford, and Mrs. Helen Pallnow, Hartford, and a brother, John of Milwaukee. Nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive.

A brother and sister preceded her in death.