IDA J. MILLER (d. 1944)

Messages received here last night from Los Angeles, Cali., advised
of the death there Thursday of Mrs. Ida Miller, 77, wife of Frank A.
Miller, former vice-president and general manager of the Rahr Malting
company in this city. She has been in failing health in recent years.
The body is to be brought to Manitowoc from the west coast and will
be acompanied by Mr. Miller and his daughter, Mrs. Carl Ruenzel, who
now lives in Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held at the Sacred
Heart Catholic church at a date to be announced later.
Mrs. Miller, the former Ida Bleser, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Bleser, was born in Manitowoc in 1867 and in 1885 was married to
Frank A. Miller at Detroit City, Minn. They made this city their home,
and Mr. Miller was identified with the Rahr Malting company for many
years, joining that company in 1891 and continuing in an executive
capacity until retiring in 1939.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller observed their golden wedding anniversay in this
city in 1935.
Shortly after Mr. Miller's retirement from the Rahr company he moved
to Los Angeles to found a malting company.
Surviving Mrs. Miller are her husband, and a daughter, Mrs. Carl
Ruenzel, both of Los Angels. A son, Earl Miller, died on the west
coast two years ago. (Photo with obit.)
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, December 15, 1944 P.2
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Funeral services here for Mrs. Frank A. Miller, 77, who died last
week in Los Angeles, Calif., have been delayed three weeks becuase
of inability to secure train reservations. The body will arrive in
the city Saturday, Jan. 13, and rites will be held at the Sacred
Heart church Monday, Jan. 15, with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1944 P.2
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[d. 12-14-1944 at Los Angeles, CA/age 76 yrs./cause: cerebral
thrombosis cerebral arterial mental disturbances myocardial
degeneration rheumatic heart disease/wife of Frank A. Miller]