OBIT: Sarah (GLESSNER) MILLER, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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SARAH MILLER

  Sarah Miller, widow of Samuel A. Miller, died at her home in Carleton, Neb., 
Feb. 29, 1948, at the great age of 96 years, 9 months and 7 days.  She was born 
near Berlin, Pa., a daughter of Jacob J. and Dinah Glessner.  She was married to 
Samuel A. Miller, also a native of Berlin, Pa., community, on Jan. 31, 1872.  
They lived on a farm near Berlin for several years before they moved to a farm 
near Waterloo, Iowa, where they remained for a few years before they again 
answered the call of "Westward ho" in the spring of 1885, and located on a farm 
adjoining the village of Carleton, Neb., where she spent the remainder of her 
long life.
  She was the mother of eight children, and was preceded in death by her 
husband; one son, Jacob M., and two daughters, Mrs. Anna Fitton and Mrs. Eva 
Bates.
  Surviving are two daughters, Katie, wife of Wilson Saylor, Meyersdale, and 
Mrs. Sade Becke, Glendale, Calif.; three sons, Howard C., Mankato, Minn.; Mahlon 
G., Los Angeles, Calif., and Samuel L., Carleton, Neb.; seven grandchildren and 
20 great-grandchildren.
  She was a member of the Brethren church since her childhood.
  Funeral services were held in the Carleton Brethren church on Wednesday 
afternoon, March 3.  Rev. H. M. Oberholtzer, in charge of the services, was 
assisted by Rev. Cecil Johnson.  Burial was in the Carleton cemetery.  Mrs. 
Ramona Beavers and Mrs. Hertha Damm furnished the music, with Mrs. V. D. Douglas 
at the piano.  Pallbearers were H. A. Bice, Ray Hatcliff, W. S. Walker, H. W. 
Weddel and William Leff.

Meyersdale Republican, April 1, 1948