Obit: Miller, John T. #2 (1877 – 1968)

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Surnames: Miller, Horner

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 06 Jun 1968

Miller, John T. (5 OCT 1877 – 28 MAY 1968)

John T. Miller, 90, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), died Tuesday at the Memorial Home in Neillsville.

Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in the town of Green Grove.

Mr. Miller was born in Germany Oct. 5, 1977, and came with his parents to America in 1885. His marriage to Lena Horner, who preceded him in death in 1948, took place in January 1906 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in the town of Green Grove.

The couple made their home in the town of Green Grove, where they operated a farm until 1948. Mr. Miller also had owned and operated two taverns at Atwood, and was a cattle buyer for many years.

He had served 15 years as chairman of the town of Green Grove; 44 years as director of the Curtiss-Owen Bank, and 23 years as director of the Atwood School District.