Miller, Louisa Mrs. John 1867-1929

MILLER, BAUDER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/23/2011 at 06:54:30

From the Hawarden Independent of Jan 17, 1929.
Death of Mrs. John Miller former Garfield Township Resident Passed away Saturday morning.
Mrs. John Miller passed away at her home at Rock Valley at 9 o'clock Saturday morning from cancer, having been a sufferer for two and one half years. She was able to be up and around until Christmas Day when she became worse and she failed rapidly until the end came peacefully Saturday morning. She, together with her husband made frequent trips to Rochester MN, where she took radium treatments in an effort to overcome her ailment.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, a brief service being held at 1:30 at the home and then the large assembly of relatives and friends followed the remains to the German Lutheran Church in Plato township of which she was a devoted member for many years. Rev. Bretthauser preached a splendid sermon, paying well deserved tributes of praise to the life and character of this splendid Christian woman. Interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery beside her children who had preceded her in death.
Louisa Bauder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Bauder, was born May 10, 1867, near Elgin IA, so was 61 years, 8 months and 2 days old at the time of her death. In February, 1889, she was married to John Miller at Elgin. After their marriage they moved onto the farm in the eastern part of Garfield township, now occupied by their son, Oscar Miller. They lived there until the spring of 1926 when they moved to Rock Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and some of the children spent four or five winters at St. Petersburg FL. She was the mother of eleven children, seven of whom are still living, honored and respected, while four preceded their mother in death. The living children are Clara, Hilda and Harold, who are at home; Edwin of Plato Township; and Oscar, Arthur and Mrs. Will Serck of Garfield township. One child died in infancy and two sons, Herbert, at the age of 10 months, and Harvery aged 4 years, died in 1908 while George died Oct 20, 1926. Besides her husband and children she leaves to mourn her death three grandchildren. Ruth and Inez Miller, children of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin MIller, and Verlyn deane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller; Two sisters, Mrs. Fred A. Miller of Garfield township and Mrs. Fred Miller of Rock Valley and four brothers, John Bauder of Garfield Township, Fred Bauder of Rock Valley and Will and George Bauder of Redlands CA. Her father passed away July 29, 1929 and her mother June 4, 1925.
Mrs. Miller was a faithful Christian woman and was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew her. She was a kind and loving wife and mother who will be greatly missed in her home and by her many friends. The sympathy of the community goes out to the family bereft of the presence of a devoted and beloved wife and mother.