Miller, Elbert S. 1887-1971 Oxford Obituary

  

Miller, Elbert S. 1887-1971 Oxford Obituary

Elbert S. Miller

Elbert S. Miller, 83, of 15 Greene St., Oxford, N. Y., died Friday, April 23, 1971 at his home following a long illness.

He is survived by his wife, the former Fannie Smith, Oxford; two daughters, Mrs. Wenzel (Florence) Roth, Encino, Calif., and Mrs. Gustave (Wanda) Heck, of Binghamton; 1 son, Russell Miller, Cazenovia; ten grandchildren, uncluding Mrs. Frances Kurau, Binghamton, 29 great-grandchildren, and 3 great, great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. From the Baptist church of Oxford with the Rev. George F. Dutton, pastor of the Oxford Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial followed at Riverview Cemetery, Oxford.

Addendum: Elbert Salisbury Miller was born June 11, 1987, the youngest of 6 children of Edward P. and Martha Ann Lewis Miller at East McDonough, Chenango County, NY.

His siblings were Annette 1871-1909, Hattie 1874-1936, Bertha Maud 1876-1948, and Lovisa E. 1878-1905 and Tracy Elnathan Miller 1883-1946.

His first wife was Inez M. Levisee (1887-sometime before 1820). She was the mother of his 5 children: Lucy Lovisa 1905-1926, Russell Budd 1907-1997, Florence Louise 1909-1996, Lowell N. 1910-1910, and Wanda Myrtle 1911-1990.

He married Fannie Mae Smith in 1820 and they celebrated their 50^th Anniversary in 1970. She died in 1972.

Martha Maud (Miller) Gale, Elbert's sister, was mother to my Uncle Edward Gale.