Clearfield County PA Archives - Obituaries: Miller, John G., 16 Feb 1931

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Altoona Mirror, Tuesday 24 Feb 1931, Front page, column 1

    John G. Miller, aged 91, veteran of the Civil War and prominent 
and highly respected resident of Coalport, died suddenly at his home 
on Monday, Feb. 16, of a heart attack.  Mr. Miller was one of the pioneer 
residents of Coalport and had been active in the community affairs for 
the past forty-five years, serving as councilman, street commissioner 
and in a number of other elective and appointive offices.  He served 
throughout the Civil war and was honorable discharged with the rank 
of sergeant at the close of the conflict.  Surviving are his wife, 
Mrs. Elvira (Haines) Miller, with whom he celebrated his sixteenth 
wedding anniversary on Feb. 13, 1928: two sons and one daughter, 
Forest of Coalport, James of Oakland, Calif., and Mrs. L. W. Losie 
of Elmira, N. Y.: one brother, Rev. M. H. Miller of Lancaster, 
three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Funeral services 
were held last Thursday and interment made in the Coalport cemetery.