OBIT: Jacob R. MILLER, 1939, Antis Township, Blair County, PA

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller
<shabodeho@aol.com> 

Copyright 2009.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/
_________________________________________ 

Jacob R. Miller
 
  Jacob R. Miller, respected Antis Township farmer, died at the State 
Hospital at Philipsburg, Thursday morning at 1:25 o'clock.  Deceased 
was born April 29, 1888, at Dublin Mills, Fulton County, Pa., the son 
of the late William and Catherine (Berkstresser) Miller.  He came to 
Blair County on April 6, 1905, and has since resided on the Miller 
farm, near Bellwood.  He married Minnie Frances Corbin, and had he 
lived until Saturday, they would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding 
anniversary.  He was a devout member of the First Methodist Episcopal 
Church of Bellwood, faithful in his membership.  Deceased is survived 
by his widow, three daughters: Miss Nelda, at home; Mrs. Mary LeVan, 
Philadelphia; and Mrs. Ruth Otley, of Detroit, Michigan; six sons, Dean 
Fred Miller, Cambridge, Massachusetts; William Arthur Miller and Paul 
E. Miller both of Detroit, Michigan; Donald C. Miller, Altoona; 
Professor Norman Miller, Tyrone, and Reverend Dr. John Homer Miller, 
Springfield, Massachusetts.  Three brothers, John H. Miller, Los 
Angeles, California; Jere Miller, Chicago, Illinois; Richard Miller, 
Wooster, Ohio; and Allen, Ray and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Wright, Dublin 
Mills, and Mrs. Lillian Shafer, Port Royal, Pa., survive as well as 
seven grand children.  Funeral services will be held from the First 
Method Episcopal Church, Bellwood, Pa. on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 
o'clock, by Reverend Dr. John Homer Miller and Reverend T. M. Stone, 
the latter pastor of the Bellwood church.  Interment will be made in 
the family burial plot.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, June 23, 1939, page 8