The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-02-19
.EULOCY OVER REMAINS
OF JOHN A. MILLER
cREMAToRY ADDRESS, TRANS.
LATED, A BEAUTIFUL TRlB-
UTE TO MEMORY OF DEPART.
ED CAIRO CITIZEN.


erematory of Mr.. j. A. Miller, trans.
lated from the German by Mrs. SAM
uel White.
Honored mourners:
To my minds eye, a charming pic
ture presents itself, picture in mark,
ed contrast to the sad and lnournfhl
scene surrounding as.
Upon slopng hill stands the pat
riarch, his loving and adoring family
around him, his dear friend at his
side. Before his glance extend smil
ing fields waving luxuriant meadows.
only awaiting the reaper, fertile
plains, dark forests, cheerful cottages
and bright homes CLEAN in the dis,
lance and a happy, joyful people take
the customary duties of life.
And as he surveys this pic ure of
blessed contentment and activity, his
eye gistens and with great pride he
says 20 himself: All these blessings,
all these riches, all these harvests,
are in the main. due 10 your work
You have consumed almost life time
producing these beautiful and bounti-
full results by your untiring labor and
zeal and ccaseless activity
Now, may death come like a thief
in the night or may he demand his
tribute after the allotted years, what
you have done wils remain, and pos
terity will reap the benefits of the
rich fruition of your life.
Such proud but true words, this
excellent man, whose transient form
in accordance with his wishes we de
liver into the destroying flames, might
also have said. John A. Miller could
look back upon a fruitful lifework
which was of he greatest benefit to
his fellow-men, and which revealed a
most astonishing and admirable
character, rare among mankind
His cradle was in the fatherland
On the green banks Of the Rhine lies
the town of his birth Sixty-fodf
years ago he saw the light of day in
Coblentz. AT the age of ten years, he
crossed the ocean with his parents
who came to found a new home in
the land of the free America. After
themselves in Alton, in
st Louis (where he learned the
jewelers. trade) in Padueah, Mr.. Mil.
Ter finally came to Cairo. which be
came his permanent home a
In 1863 lie married Miss Katie Lob
rum, happy alliance which resulted
in more than 40 years of mutual love
and respect and the founding of most
precious family ties.
The success he attained, his CHART.
able deeds among all classes was an
outcome of the excellent characters,
tics of his nature.
With most enterprising spirit, he
combined the deepest Interest for the
general welfare CT mankind. Just as
he chung with the sincerest love, 70
his wife. his son, his three daughters
and TO his grandchildren, SO he sought
to awaken and retain love and friend
ship outside of his family. Among
the dearest of his countless friends is
Paul G. Schulz of Cairo, who mos
feels the loss of the truest
of the true.
A few days before the death of Mr.
Miller, fate did not spare him a most
painful experience; it was the sad
news of the passing away of his only
brother, Mr.. Joseph A. Miller. Thus
did the silent Reaper in a short space
Of time. take both brothers into the
blessed land
What John A. Miller achieved, the
success he won. was due simply t.
his strong personality, to his energet.
ic character, which was equally sen
sitive to those feelings of compassion
and beneyolence possessed by all
noble souls.
1t is not strange, that his fellow cit.
liens elected him 20 positions of hon
or and Offices of trust, which he al.
ways fulfilled in the most conscientl-
Gus manner, to the betierment of his
fellow-beings.
With all these manifold duties. he
did not lose interest in the welfare of
in general and his heart
was ever inspired with love for the
true. the good, and the beautiful
Would we take up the several al
tributes of his personality, We should
receive composite impression
worthy of remembrance and to which
the proud words Of the first would
well apply:
His life was gentle and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might
stand up
And say to all The world,
This was a man"
Such a man viii not be forgotten.
He will live on i'm the hearts Of his
loved ones. in the hearts of all those
to whom he was dear and through
those, in ,he hearts of humanity.