MILLER, Ellis L., 1901-1989

MILLER, BROWNLEE, JOHNSON, SHUMAKER, NORDSTROM

Posted By: Betty Hootman (email)
Date: 2/9/2012 at 17:45:20

Mount Pleasant (IA) News

Ellis L. Miller

Ellis L. Miller, 88, of 504 South Adams Street, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, died at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 23, 1989 at Henry county Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.

Born January 1, 1901 in Lee County, he was the son Bruce and Daisy Brownlee Miller. He married Mary Ruth Johnson January 1, 1925 in Fort Madison. She died October 18, 1978. He then married Secial M. Shumaker April 18, 1985 in Mt. Pleasant.

He attended Hillsboro and Mt. Pleasant high schools and the Fort Madison Business College. He was employed in Chicago, Illinois for a short time. He moved to Hillsboro where he farmed until retiring in 1973 and then moved to Mt. Pleasant. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant, the Hillsboro Masonic Lodge, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Lions Club, The Farm Bureau and the High Twelve, Brandon, Florida. He was formerly a member of the Big Mound Methodist Church, Hillsboro, had been a 4-H leader and an active volunteer with the Henry County Health Center, Mt. Pleasant, and the Humans Hospital, Brandon, Florida.

Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie (Fred) Nordstrom, Sanibel, Florida, two brothers, Kenneth Miller, Hillsboro, and Donald Miller, Audubon, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The services for Mr. Miller was held Sunday, July 30, 1989 at First Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. John Poe officiating. Burial was in Hillsboro Cemetery.

Memorials have been established for the University Hospital Lion's Eye Bank and the First United Methodist Church.