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Joseph Jefferson Million

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Joseph Jefferson Million

Birth
Monticello, White County, Indiana, USA
Death
21 Aug 1965 (aged 65)
Burial
Hillsboro, Fountain County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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"Joseph J. Million, owner of the Veedersburg Drive-In Theater and pioneer builder of drive-in theaters in many states, sustained a fatal heart attack aboard an Eastern Airlines plane Saturday. He was 65.

Mr. Million was returning to Veedersburg from Florida. The plane on which he was a passenger had departed from Fort Lauderdale and was en route to Indianapolis.

Mr. Million had been in failing health the past two years. He was born Dec. 18, 1899, at Monticello, the son of Randolph and Zula Hanna Million. He was married Oct. 17, 1926, to Merle Gott, who survives.

He was a member of the Christian Church at New Richmond and had resided in this area the past 25 years, the last two of which were at the Sterling Trailer Park.

Survivors in addition to the widow include a son, Rex, of Highland; and three sisters, Mrs. Norma Wickersham of Los Angeles, Mrs. Doris Isley of Hammond and Mrs. Clara Graska of East Gary.

Funeral services were at the Sever Mortuary, Veedersburg, at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery." - Unknown Newspaper with August 21, 1965 written on it (Obituary provided by Russ Nixon)
"Joseph J. Million, owner of the Veedersburg Drive-In Theater and pioneer builder of drive-in theaters in many states, sustained a fatal heart attack aboard an Eastern Airlines plane Saturday. He was 65.

Mr. Million was returning to Veedersburg from Florida. The plane on which he was a passenger had departed from Fort Lauderdale and was en route to Indianapolis.

Mr. Million had been in failing health the past two years. He was born Dec. 18, 1899, at Monticello, the son of Randolph and Zula Hanna Million. He was married Oct. 17, 1926, to Merle Gott, who survives.

He was a member of the Christian Church at New Richmond and had resided in this area the past 25 years, the last two of which were at the Sterling Trailer Park.

Survivors in addition to the widow include a son, Rex, of Highland; and three sisters, Mrs. Norma Wickersham of Los Angeles, Mrs. Doris Isley of Hammond and Mrs. Clara Graska of East Gary.

Funeral services were at the Sever Mortuary, Veedersburg, at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery." - Unknown Newspaper with August 21, 1965 written on it (Obituary provided by Russ Nixon)


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