Millikan, Cecil 1898-1943

MILLIKAN, PECK

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/26/2011 at 17:24:16

From the Hawarden Independent of Feb 18, 1943
Cecil Millikan is found dead.
The lifeless body of Cecil Millikam was found in his trailer house at his home in the northeast part of Hawarden Tuesday morning.
Mr. Millikan returned from California last Friday and had spent three days with his family in Hawarden. He had visited with his family until about 11 o'clock Monday night and then retired in his trailer house. When his son, Roger, went to call him for breakfast the following morning he found his father's body on the bed
A physician was summoned and later Coroner Chas. Vander Ploeg of Sioux Center was called. The coroner's verdict was that Mr. Millikan had died from monoxide gas. The exhaust pipe of his car had been connected with a pipe leading to the trailer house and thus filling the room with poisonous gas. The motor of the car was still running when the son went to call his father.
Cecil H. Millikan, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Millikan, was born at Parnell MO, Feb 7, 1898, and so was but a few days past 45 years of age at the time of his death. He came to Iowa in 1920 and on Jan 3, 1921 he was untied in marriage with Ona Peck of Hawarden. To this union were born five children whom with the wife survive him. The children are C. Harvey, who is with the United States Army air corps in the Aleutian Islands, and Russell, Ruth, Roger and Carl, at home. He also leaves to mourn his untimely death his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Millikan, and seven brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be held at the Ross Funeral home at 2 o'clock this afternoon with Rev. clarence W. Hanscom of the Associated church in charge. Interment will be in Miller cemetery in Union County.