Obit: Miller, Otto G. (1894 - 1979)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Miller, Neniman, Marx, Lezotte, Fayan, Borden, Evanson, Zimmerman, Forde

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/26/1979

Miller, Otto G. (3 April 1894 – 21 April 1979)

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Otto G. Miller, a long-time Town of Pine Valley farmer. Miller, 85, of Rt. 1 Neillsville passed away suddenly in the Neillsville Memorial Hospital on Saturday, April 21.

Otto Miller was born on April 3, 1894, to Edward and Anna Neniman Miller in Hillsboro. After receiving his education there, he moved with his parents to the Town of Pine Valley and farmed with his parents until they retired, taking over the operation until his retirement in 1974. Miller was married twice, the first to Lottie Marx and the second to Josephine Lezotte on November 18, 1920, in Neillsville.

Surviving him is one son, Harley Miller, Neillsville; three daughters, Mrs. Ernest (Lorraine) Fayan, of Moline, Ill., Mrs. George (Jean) Borden of Davenport, Ia., and Mrs. Orville (Florence) Evanson of Wausau; one sister, Mrs. Henry (Elsie) Zimmerman, Baraboo; fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his two wives, one son, Harold, one grandson, Kenneth, and two brothers, Walter and Henry.

With the Gesche Funeral Home in charge of arrangements, services were to be held at the funeral home with burial in the Neillsville City Cemetery. The Rev. Paul Forde, pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church, officiated.