Cause of death: shot by second spouse, Miles J. McMillin, in murder-suicide
Father: William Avery Rockefeller II (1896-1973)
Mother: Florence [Rockefeller] Farr (1897-1998)
Spouse 1: William Proxmire 1915–2005 (m. 1946)
Son: Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington
Daughter: Elsie (Proxmire) Zwerner of Norwich, CT Mrs. Alan R. Zwerner
Son: Miles McMillin Jr.
Daughter: Nancy McMillin of Boston;
Spouse 2: Miles J. McMillin (1913 - 1982)
Brother: William Rockefeller of Rye, NY (1918-1990) Mem #27093299
Brother: Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I.,
Sister: Florence Sloan Series of France
Sister: Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs, CO
Wife of Former Editor Dies of Gunshot Wound
December 24, 1982, Section B, Page 6
New York Times
Elsie Rockefeller McMillin, who was shot by her husband on Tuesday at her home on a Rockefeller estate in the Adirondacks, died yesterday at the Champlain Valley Medical Center-Physicians Center in Plattsburgh, N.Y. She was 58 years old.
The state police said Mrs. McMillin had been wounded by her husband, Miles J. McMillin, 69, who then killed himself. Mr. McMillin, a former editor and publisher of The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., had been suffering from cancer.
Mrs. McMillin, who was married to Senator William Proxmire, Democrat of Wisconsin, from 1946 to 1955, was the daughter of William Avery Rockefeller, a grandson of William Rockefeller. William Rockefeller was associated with his brother, John D. Rockefeller, in the organization of the Standard Oil Company.
Mrs. McMillin is survived by four children, Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington, Elsie Proxmire Zwerner of Norwich, Conn., Miles McMillin Jr. and Nancy McMillin of Boston; her mother, Florence Lincoln Farr of New York; two brothers, William Rockefeller of Rye, N.Y., and Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I., and two sisters, Florence Sloan Series of France, and Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs.
Father: William Avery Rockefeller II (1896-1973)
Mother: Florence [Rockefeller] Farr (1897-1998)
Spouse 1: William Proxmire 1915–2005 (m. 1946)
Son: Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington
Daughter: Elsie (Proxmire) Zwerner of Norwich, CT Mrs. Alan R. Zwerner
Son: Miles McMillin Jr.
Daughter: Nancy McMillin of Boston;
Spouse 2: Miles J. McMillin (1913 - 1982)
Brother: William Rockefeller of Rye, NY (1918-1990) Mem #27093299
Brother: Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I.,
Sister: Florence Sloan Series of France
Sister: Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs, CO
Wife of Former Editor Dies of Gunshot Wound
December 24, 1982, Section B, Page 6
New York Times
Elsie Rockefeller McMillin, who was shot by her husband on Tuesday at her home on a Rockefeller estate in the Adirondacks, died yesterday at the Champlain Valley Medical Center-Physicians Center in Plattsburgh, N.Y. She was 58 years old.
The state police said Mrs. McMillin had been wounded by her husband, Miles J. McMillin, 69, who then killed himself. Mr. McMillin, a former editor and publisher of The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., had been suffering from cancer.
Mrs. McMillin, who was married to Senator William Proxmire, Democrat of Wisconsin, from 1946 to 1955, was the daughter of William Avery Rockefeller, a grandson of William Rockefeller. William Rockefeller was associated with his brother, John D. Rockefeller, in the organization of the Standard Oil Company.
Mrs. McMillin is survived by four children, Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington, Elsie Proxmire Zwerner of Norwich, Conn., Miles McMillin Jr. and Nancy McMillin of Boston; her mother, Florence Lincoln Farr of New York; two brothers, William Rockefeller of Rye, N.Y., and Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I., and two sisters, Florence Sloan Series of France, and Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs.
Cause of death: shot by second spouse, Miles J. McMillin, in murder-suicide
Father: William Avery Rockefeller II (1896-1973)
Mother: Florence [Rockefeller] Farr (1897-1998)
Spouse 1: William Proxmire 1915–2005 (m. 1946)
Son: Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington
Daughter: Elsie (Proxmire) Zwerner of Norwich, CT Mrs. Alan R. Zwerner
Son: Miles McMillin Jr.
Daughter: Nancy McMillin of Boston;
Spouse 2: Miles J. McMillin (1913 - 1982)
Brother: William Rockefeller of Rye, NY (1918-1990) Mem #27093299
Brother: Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I.,
Sister: Florence Sloan Series of France
Sister: Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs, CO
Wife of Former Editor Dies of Gunshot Wound
December 24, 1982, Section B, Page 6
New York Times
Elsie Rockefeller McMillin, who was shot by her husband on Tuesday at her home on a Rockefeller estate in the Adirondacks, died yesterday at the Champlain Valley Medical Center-Physicians Center in Plattsburgh, N.Y. She was 58 years old.
The state police said Mrs. McMillin had been wounded by her husband, Miles J. McMillin, 69, who then killed himself. Mr. McMillin, a former editor and publisher of The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., had been suffering from cancer.
Mrs. McMillin, who was married to Senator William Proxmire, Democrat of Wisconsin, from 1946 to 1955, was the daughter of William Avery Rockefeller, a grandson of William Rockefeller. William Rockefeller was associated with his brother, John D. Rockefeller, in the organization of the Standard Oil Company.
Mrs. McMillin is survived by four children, Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington, Elsie Proxmire Zwerner of Norwich, Conn., Miles McMillin Jr. and Nancy McMillin of Boston; her mother, Florence Lincoln Farr of New York; two brothers, William Rockefeller of Rye, N.Y., and Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I., and two sisters, Florence Sloan Series of France, and Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs.
Father: William Avery Rockefeller II (1896-1973)
Mother: Florence [Rockefeller] Farr (1897-1998)
Spouse 1: William Proxmire 1915–2005 (m. 1946)
Son: Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington
Daughter: Elsie (Proxmire) Zwerner of Norwich, CT Mrs. Alan R. Zwerner
Son: Miles McMillin Jr.
Daughter: Nancy McMillin of Boston;
Spouse 2: Miles J. McMillin (1913 - 1982)
Brother: William Rockefeller of Rye, NY (1918-1990) Mem #27093299
Brother: Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I.,
Sister: Florence Sloan Series of France
Sister: Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs, CO
Wife of Former Editor Dies of Gunshot Wound
December 24, 1982, Section B, Page 6
New York Times
Elsie Rockefeller McMillin, who was shot by her husband on Tuesday at her home on a Rockefeller estate in the Adirondacks, died yesterday at the Champlain Valley Medical Center-Physicians Center in Plattsburgh, N.Y. She was 58 years old.
The state police said Mrs. McMillin had been wounded by her husband, Miles J. McMillin, 69, who then killed himself. Mr. McMillin, a former editor and publisher of The Capital Times in Madison, Wis., had been suffering from cancer.
Mrs. McMillin, who was married to Senator William Proxmire, Democrat of Wisconsin, from 1946 to 1955, was the daughter of William Avery Rockefeller, a grandson of William Rockefeller. William Rockefeller was associated with his brother, John D. Rockefeller, in the organization of the Standard Oil Company.
Mrs. McMillin is survived by four children, Theodore S. Proxmire of Washington, Elsie Proxmire Zwerner of Norwich, Conn., Miles McMillin Jr. and Nancy McMillin of Boston; her mother, Florence Lincoln Farr of New York; two brothers, William Rockefeller of Rye, N.Y., and Frederic Lincoln Rockefeller of Barrington, R.I., and two sisters, Florence Sloan Series of France, and Anne Sloan Morrison of Colorado Springs.
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