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Miller, Chris Ervin (1897-1960)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1960 Dec 22 p. 8
Birth date: 1897 Feb 15
text of obituary:
CHRIS ERVIN MILLER
Chris Ervin Miller, son of Daniel and Lizzie (Yoder) Miller, was born in McPherson Co., Kan., Feb 15, 1897 and died unexpectedly at his home in Linville, Va., Nov. 12, 1960, aged 63 years, eight months and 28 days.
He had served as superintendent of the Kansas City Children's Home for eight years, had taught Sunday school classes for a number of years, and was studying his Sunday school lesson when stricken.
On May 18, 1918 he was married to Alice Byler, who survives. Also surviving are three children (Iona — Mrs. Clyde Stutzman, Harrisonburg, Va.; Gladys — Mrs. Raymond Detweiler, Stuarts Draft, Va.; and Chris E., Jr., (Chattanooga), a foster daughter (Rosa Lee Comer, at home), 11 grandchildren, three brothers (Roy, Wellman, Iowa; David, Somalia, Africa; and Sam D., Nampa, Idaho), and three sisters (Mrs. Mary Helmuth, Harrisonville, Mo.; Mrs. Barbara Zink, Canton, Kan.; and Mrs. Nora Troyer, Hesston, Kan.
He was a member of the Lindale Church, where funeral services were held Nov. 15, in charge of Moses Slabaugh, Isaac Risser, and Ernest Gehman.
