The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-28
PATRIARCH CALLED
TO ETERNAL REST
Jos. Miller, ST., Died at His
Home In Sank Centre
Monday June rs
FUNERAL. WEDNESDAY
Resident of Stearns County
Since 1S65-Getty Town.
ship HOmesteader

Joseph Miller, ST., resident of
Stearns county, for many years,
passed away at his home at 211
Oak street, Sank Centre, Monday,
June 25, 1928, at the ripe old age
of IS years. For the past three
and one-half months the old gen.
tleman had been ailing and in the
declining weeks of his life he be-
came patient sufferer to be re-
lieved only by deaths call. When
the summons came the four chill
dren were at his bedside.
The deceased was born in Bo-
hernia, March 10, 1843. He spent
his childhood days in his native
land, immigrating to America
with his parents in 1854 at the age
of II years. The family settled at
Cooperstown, Wis.
In 1862 Mr.. Miller came to
Minnesota and in December of
that year enlisted in the ranks of
Hatch's battalion, which was de-
tailed to patrol the sparsely settled
territory between St. Paul and
Fort Pembina, guarding settlers
against the Indians.
In 1866 Mr.. Miller took home
stead in the township of Getty ;
later in the same year he was unit
ed in Marriage to Miss Catherine
Kusba at Jacobs Prairie. The
couple moved directly onto the
homestead, where they were en-
gagged in farming for twenty
seven years. In 1892 they left
the farm and moved into Sank
Centre. Here Mr.. Miller became
occupied in business and was one
of Sank Centres active merchants
for 13 years. In 1905 he retired
and built the spacious brick resi-
dence on Oak street, where the
Miller family have since made
their home. September 1, 1920
Mrs. Miller passed away and since
that time Mrs. VIM. Peglow, a
daughter, has attended to the
household duties. S,-,-a.a,s-
There were seven children born
to the union, three of whom are
deceased. The living are: John A.
Miller, Alexandria; Joseph E. Mill
er, and Mrs. Anna Peglow, at
home; and Charles Miller, of Sank
Centre.
He is also survived by seven
grand children and ten great
grand children, also a sister, Mrs.
Anna Kusba, of Sank Centre.
Mr.. Miller was a pioneer of this
community and an active and de-
sirable citizen of Sank Centre. He
was faithful member of St.
Paul's Catholic church of this city.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday morning at nine o'clock
from st. Paul's church, conduct
ed by Rev. Father Art, assisted
by Rev. Father Buscher, of Spring
Hill and Rev. Father Fettgather. OF
st. Johns University. The last
rites were the Requiem High Mass
The pail bearers were John
Bromenschenkel. Frank Unger,
Ben Vogel, Stephen Schwarzbauer,
Ferd Borgmann and ]. A. Schoen-
hoff. Matt jaeger was Cross Bear
er.
Interment was made in the Bo-
hemian cemetery south of Sank
Centre beside the remains Of his
wife and three children in the
family lot.
Out of town relatives attending
the funeral were: Joseph Rebitz,
of Stangleville, Wis; Mr.. and Mrs.
G. C. Huxley, of ST. Paul; Joseph
Trousil and son John, Mrs. Mary
Starr, Mrs. Mary Trousil, Frank
Dvorsok, ST., all of Alexandria ;
Mrs. George Adolphson, of Mime
apolis and Mr.. and Mrs. John A..
Miller, Of Alexandra.