Clarence I. Miller
Born: February 21, 1865, Sherman Twp, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: October 9, 1953, Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 147, plot 5
Lot Owner: C. I. Miller, purchased in 1932
Married: Mae A. Dammeier on February 26, 1885 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Parents: George Washington and Emily (Helphrey) Miller
Clarence Miller, Life-Time Co. Resident, Dies
Clarence I. Miller, 88, life-time resident of Jasper Co. and a member of The Daily News Three-Quarter Century club, died at 5:15 p.m. Friday at the Skiff Memorial hospital. Mr. Miller was taken to the hospital Thursday after being injured in a fall.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Johnson Murdoch Funeral Home with the Rev. F. D. Boldt, pastor of the Lutheran church at Fremont, Neb., officiating. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elmer Emmack of Newton, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Widely known in the Jasper Co. area, Mr. Miller was a resident of the Metz vicinity for the past 85 years, having moved to the old home farm with his parents at the age of three.
A farmer by occupation, Mr. Miller also taught in the early Jasper Co. rural schools, in session at that time, mainly during the winter months. In addition to receiving his early education in Jasper Co. schools, he attended Drake University in Des Moines.
One of nine children, he was born Feb 21, 1865 west of the Sugar Grove community in Sherman township, the son of George and Emily Miller. ~ The Daily News, October 17, 1953.
Mae A. (Dammeier) Miller
Born: January 1870 in Illinois
Died: 1948, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 147, plot 6
Lot Owner: C. I. Miller, purchased in 1932
Married: Clarence I. Miller on February 26, 1885 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
See Golden Wedding article
Parents: Henry and Dorothy (Doekmir) Dammeier
Photo submitted by Chuck Emmack
Services Today For Mrs. Miller
Funeral services for Mrs. Mae A. Miller, 78, of near Metz, were held at 2 o'clock today at the Johnson-Murdoch Funeral Home in Newton. Burial was in the Sugar Grove cemetery.
Rev. Fred D. Boldt, past of the First Lutheran church, and Rev. Pieter Smit, pastor of the First Baptist church in Marshalltown, officiated at the rites. Pall bearers were Ott Callison, Carl Kletting, ? Moffitt, Eugene Anthony, George Selbher and Arris Druyff. Flowers were in charge of Mrs. ? Henderson, Mrs. Delbert ? and Mrs. Eugene Anthony. Songs were "Does Jesus Care", "Under His Wings" and "Going Home." ~ Newton Daily News, 1948