Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-06-01
AUSAU, WIS.,. THURSDAY, JUNE /, 1922
HERMAN MILLER
ANSWERS ANS E!:R!!S CALL
PASSES AWAY ON MONDAY
AFTER ILLNESS OF
SHORT TIME


Herman Miller ended his long and
eventful life on May 10Th, 1922, and
the body was laid to rest in Pine
Grove cemetery on Wednesday, the
Rev. e. G. Grauer, pastor of ST. Paul's
church, officiating, with Frank Nor
rill, Fred Treptow, e. c. Kretlow,
Frank Chase, w. t. Lakin and Frank
Marquardt acting as pail bearers and
scores of old citizens paying their
last respects to the deceased by at
tending his funeral. All of the chill
dren except William attended the SER
vices.
The deceased reached nearly the
age of eighty-nine years and spent
the last sixty-siX years of his life at
Wausau except perhaps the first two
years, which were spent in the town
of Maine, in this county, close to the
CITY, He was married twice, his first
wife being Miss Breitenfeld of the
| town of Berlin, who died few years
after their marriage. On July 2, 1864,
he, married Miss Sarah j. Duffy, Of
Wausau, who passed away in Septem-
| be, 1905.
Lives With Children
| Their marriage was a happy one
and was blessed with seven children
| of which five are surviving Mr.. Miller,
namely: Mrs. Mary Isaacs, Mrs. Nell
| lie Dorcey and Robert Miller, all of
| Chicago, VIM. Miller of Milwaukee,
land Maud Miller of Wausau and Oscar
| Miller, an adopted child. After the
| deaGh of his wife, Herman Miller
spent the last years with his chill
dren, mostly with Mrs. Maud Miller
of Wausau, until he moved to Chicago
| last fall staying with his daughter,
Mrs. Mary Isaacs, until about two
weeks ago, when he returned to Wau-
sau a sick man and was taken care
of by his daughter, Mrs. Maud Egeler
at the home of Fred Treptow, a mu-
tual friend, where he died after a
short but painful illness.
| Herman Miller was one of the very
few men still living who have seen
the rise of Wausau and Marathon
county from out of the DARK, forbid
| Iden-looking wilderness to it's present
blooming and prosperous condition,
and he has done his part in upbuild-
ing the city and county. He was a
frugal Industrious and enterprising
imam. not averse@tO manual labor. As
an instance of his courage and perse-
verance, may be cited the fact that
when by the loss of the Delmonico
hotel, built and operated by him but
a short time, his earnings and saw
ingS of many years has been swept
away, he did not whine or despair but
resolutely and manfully went to work
liking up and repairing leaking metal
roofs, this being for him new work
He was at this time between sixty and
seventy years of age.
/ The deceased was a loving huS-
band, kind father and good citi-
zen, whom the people delighted to
honor. One of the few remaining of
the race of sturdy and noble-hearted
pioneers, he has gone to his final
rest; he leaves for his children the
memory of an honest, active life,
spent for family and country and the
memory of Herman Miller will live
on in the hearts of his many hundred
friends still living, who honor him
for his worth as a man.
Life Of Mr.. Miller
In his history of Marathon county,
Louis Marchetti, speaking of Herman
Miller, said
Herman Miller must be classed
among the pioneers of Marathon coun-
ty. He was born in Pommerania,
Prussia, November 18th, 1888, received
high school education, and emigrat-
ed to the United States in 1856, COM
ing to Marathon county in the fall
of the same year, where he served as
clerk in the little country store of
Chas. Monte, opened a short time be-
fore, which was situated about one
mile west from the old Armstrong
farm, in the present town Of Maine
This store has already been men.
toned as being opened when the first
farm settlers came to the county, and
that after few years 1t had to close
for want of business.
Herman Miller then came to Wau-
sau, where he worked as occasion Of
fered, either as clerk or in the mill
He made shingles, bought them and
sold them down on the Mississippi
When the town of Wausau was es-
tablished with the village included.
he was elected the first town clerk of
the town, the polling place at that
time being 'Poor's House on the west
side of the river. He was elected reg
lister of deeds in 1866, and reelected
in 1867 and 1869; was a chairman OF
the county board in 1876 and held
many other minor offices, such as
member of the village board, super
visor, which last place he held for
more than ten years in succession. He
also kept general store, and dealt
in lumber during the years from 1867
to 1880. He was appointed assistant
supervisor of the census for the
eighth congressional district of Wis
consin in 1900. In the decade from
1890 to 1900 he erected the spacious
Delmonico hotel and conducted It for
few years, but the times were not
propitious and he sold It at great
sacrifice. He has since been elected
three times in succession assessor for
the city of Wausau and twice mem
ber of assembly"
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On Saturday the board of public
works will open bids for the pavement
Of Clarke street from S. First ave-
nue. to s. Third avenue, Jackson street
from G. M. e. st. Paul tracks to point