Ralph Leroy Miller
Born: September 17, 1881, Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: July 30, 1933 near Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 88, plot 6
Married: Jeannie Belle Parmley on March 5, 1906 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Mabel (Damman) (Rairdon), Una Frances (Damman)
Parents: William J. and Emma (Leeper) Miller
Conduct Miller Services Tuesday
Rites are Held at Lutheran Church with Burial in
Sugar Grove Cemetery
Funeral rites for Ralph L. Miller, 51, Jasper county farmer, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the First Evangelical Lutheran church by Dr. W. H. Blancke, pastor.
Music for the services was furnished by Mr. E.E. McClean, accompanied by Mrs. Edgar Sabin. Mrs. McClean sang two selections, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Going Down the Valley."
Interment was in the Sugar Grove cemetery with the following men serving as pallbearers: John Snook, John Frith, Virgil Hurst, George Campbell, Grant Carney and Dr. W. E. Sharp, Mrs. Earl Curry, Mrs. Roy Morrow and Mrs. W. S. Westbrook were in charge of flowers.
Ralph LeRoy Miller was born Sept. 17, 1881, on a farm near Metz and died July 30, 1933 at the age of 51 years, 10 months and 13 days at his home four miles southwest of Newton.
He was united in marriage to Jennie Belle Parmley at Newton March 5, 1906, and to this union two daughters were born, Mabel and Una.
He was preceded in death by his mother in April 1907; by this father in December 1923; one brother, Floyd in May 1922, and two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Traxler, July 1914, and one who died in infancy.
Besides his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Damman at home and Mrs. Una Damman of Melbourne, he is survived by one grandson, Deryl LeRoy Damman; a granddaughter, Joan Margaret Damman; his stepmother, Mrs. W. J. Miller; two sisters, Miss Florence Miller and Mrs. Edith Pink, and a brother John I. ~ Newton Daily News, August 3, 1933
Jennie Belle (Parmely) Miller
Born: July 4, 1883 in Plaska Co., Kentucky
Died: May 6, 1938 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 88, plot 6
Married: Ralph Leroy Miller on March 6, 1906 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Mabel (Damman) (Rairdon), Una Frances (Damman)
Parents: Nimrod and Mary (Clouch) Parmley1
Belle Parmley Miller
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 at the United Presbyterian church for Mrs. Belle Miller, 54, who died Friday at the Skiff hospital following a long illness.
Dr. John W. Bickett conducted the rites. Music was furnished by Mrs. F. E. McClean and daughter, Miss Jean McClean, who sang, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," "In the Garden," and "Going Down the Valley," accompanied by Mrs. Edgar Sabin.
Interment was made in the Metz cemetery. Pallbearers were George Campbell, J.C. Hill, W. E. Sharp, John Snook, Floyd Kent and W. W. Bruce.
Jennie Belle Parmley Miller was born July 4, 1883, in Pulaski county, Ky. She came to Iowa with her parents in 1892, and was united in marriage to Ralph L. Miller on March 5, 1906. To this union were two daughters were born, Mrs. Una Damman of Melbourne, and Mrs. Mabel Raridon of Newton.
She is preceded in death by her husband, in 1933, her parents, two brothers, Jim Parmley of Portland, Ore., and William B. Parmley, killed in action during the World War, and one sister, Mrs. O. M. Mendenhall of Newton.
Besides her two daughters she is survived by one grandson, Deryl Damman, three granddaughters, Joan and Elna Mae Damman and Helen Raridon, and one brother, Joe E. Parmley of Canby, Ore. Also several nieces and nephews and other relatives. ~ Newton Daily News, May 13, 1938.
Child of W. J. and E. A. Miller
Born: October 2, 1889 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: October 2, 1889 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 55, plot 1
Parents: William and Emma (Leeper) Miller
