Mercer County IL Archives Obituaries.....Jack Reed Miller, Myrtle Johanna July 10, 1948
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Aledo Times Newspaper on 14th July 1948, Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois
SOURCE: "Page Six--Aledo Times Newspaper on 14th July 1948, Aledo, Mercer 
County, Illinois.  Obtained: 07 May 2008 at the Essley-Noble Museum in Aledo, 
Mercer County, Illinois by, SLJuhl, Compiler.  DAR Reference Card #'s 1948--
42, for Myrtle J. Miller b. 1885, d. Sat. 10 July 1948 in Portland, Washington 
County, Oregon; Cemetery-Millersburg Oak Ridge; Spouse-Riley Miller; former 
resident returned for burial; Sherrard Funeral Home."
Obituary:
"MRS. MYRTLE J. MILLER DIES IN OREGON, TO RETURN BODY HERE
  The Sherrard funeral home this week received word that the body of Mrs. 
Myrtle Miller, a former resident of Millersburg, was to be returned here for 
burial.  Mrs. Miller died Saturday in Portland, Ore.  Burial will be in 
Millersburg cemetery."  [Transcribed 07 May 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler--
sljuhl1234@yahoo.com] 

   

Additional Comments:
Myrtle Johanna Jack Reed Miller passed away in Portland, Multnomah County, 
Oregon after spending half of her life living in Mercer and Rock Island 
Counties where her children were born, Frances L., Frank L., Albert, Josephine 
A., Roy William, and Harry Reed.  Her daughter Josephine A. Reed Anderson 
lived in Portland, Ore. In 1935, her son Harry was killed in a train accident 
while in the Marine Corps. in San Diego, California at the age of 20 years.  
Myrtle's parents were John Nelson & Laura Bean Fuller Jack of Mercer and Rock 
Island Counties in Illinois.  Myrtle was born in July of 1885, in Mercer 
County, Illinois.  Her first marriage was to Arthur J. Reed, the father of her 
children.  Her second marriage was to Riley E. Miller of Millersburg, Mercer 
County, Illinois, a life time resident of the area.  Riley's grandfather was 
of Indiana and settled in Mercer County before the Civil War of which he 
served on the side of the Union.  

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