Obit: Miller,
Alvina (1894 - 1963)
Contact:
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Miller, Neuhaus, Schuette, Becherer, Baumgartner, Strade, Kademan,
Telford, Oeldrich
----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 03/14/1963
Miller, Alvina (25 DEC 1894 - 6 MAR 1963)
Funeral services for Mrs. Alvina Miller, 68, who died Wednesday, March 6, 1963,
were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First United Church of Christ,
Colby. The Rev. Carl Serr officiated and Miss Eileen Weller was organist and
accompanist for Miss Kathleen Baldes, who sang "Be Still My Soul." Interment was
made in the Colby Memorial Cemetery.
Six nephews, Leonard Kademan, Alfred Telford, James Baumgartner, Vernon
Baumgartner, Walter Oeldrich and Lester Miller, served as pallbearers.
The body lay in state at the Polnaszek Funeral Home at Abbotsford until noon,
when it was taken to the church.
The former Alvina Neuhaus was born Dec. 25, 1894, in Manitowoc County and was
married to Charles Miller, April 7, 1915. The couple operated a farm in the town
of Colby (Clark Co., Wis.) for a few years, and then near Curtiss where they
lived until Mr. Miller's death in February 1943. Mrs. Miller then moved to
Abbotsford. Due to ill health, she made her home for the past several months
with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Schuette, Abbotsford,
where her death occurred shortly after noon on March 6, 1963.
She was a member of the First United Church of Christ, Colby, and of the
auxiliary to Knaack-Thompson Post No. 865 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Willard (Alice) Becherer, Colby, and Mrs.
Merlin (Florence) Schuette, Abbotsford; 13 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; five brothers, Otto Neuhaus, Cleveland, Ohio; Richard
Neuhaus, Genoa City; Paul Neuhaus, Chicago; Hebert Neuhaus, Abbotsford; and
William Neuhaus, Colby; and three sisters, Mrs. Walter (Ella) Baumgartner,
Colby; Mrs. Edwin (Hulda) Strade, Abbotsford; and Mrs. Amos (Mathilda) Miller,
Elkhart Lake.
Three brothers, four sisters and a granddaughter preceded her in death.
Relatives and friends who attended the funeral came from DeKalb, Ill.;
Cleveland, Ohio; Elkhart Lake, Genoa City, Plymouth, Sheboygan, Mequon, Eau
Claire, Owen, Loyal, Granton, Unity, Spencer, Colby, Curtiss and Abbotsford.
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