John Albert Mills (2003)
MILLS
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 4/11/2013 at 07:37:06
Des Moines Register – Des Moines, Iowa
February 8, 2003 Metro pg 5Quaker Oats Artist John Mills dies
John A. Mills, 86, of Lincolnshire, Ill., died of complications of a stroke Tuesday at Highland Park Hospital in Highland Park, Ill. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Ruppert Funeral Home in Stuart.
Mr. Mills was born in Winterset and had lived there and in Stuart and Chicago before moving to Lincolnshire in 1956. He was a retired illustrator and painter and had designed the now-famous Quaker man that adorns the Quaker Oats cereal packaging.
The family will receive friends an hour prior to the time of services today at the funeral home.
___________________Transcriber’s note: Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery. Middle name taken from gravestone.
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