Miller, Samuel J. (1875-1947)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1948 Jan 1 p. 1

Birth date: 1875

text of obituary:

OHIO BISHOP PASSED AWAY AT SAME HOME WHERE HE WAS BORN

Sugar Creek, Ohio. — A large number of relatives and friends attended the final services for Bishop Samuel J. Miller of the Old Order Amish church on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 21, at the Miller home on Route 4, Millersburg. Bishop Emanuel Schrock of Berlin officiated.

Bishop miller passed away Dec. 18 at the same farm home where he was born 72 years ago. He had been in failing health for some time.

He is survived by his wife, Lydia; three daughters and three sons; 33 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; and two brothers, Emanuel Miller of Millersburg and Jacob Miller of Apple Creek.