Miller, Ursula (1882-1972)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Mar 16 p. 6

Birth date: 1882 Nov 5

text of obituary:

Former Correspondent Called by Death

Protection, Kan. — Word has been received by the Review that Mrs. Ursula Miller, 89, of Protection, Kan. died March 10 at the comanche County Hospital.

Mrs. Miller and her husband, the late Rev. S. Enos Miller, were long-time correspondents for the Review and for some years her series of children's stories, known as the Davy stories, appeared regularly in the paper.

Funeral services were held Monday forenoon at the Protection Mennonite Church. Rev. Robert Yoder, the pastor, officiated, and Rev. M. D. Landis of Newton gave the message.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1972 Apr 13 p. 11

text of obituary:

MRS. URSULA MILLER

Ursula Miller, daughter of Noah E. Miller and Sophronia (Hummel) Miller, was born Nov. 5, 1882 in Holmes County, Ohio, near Millersburg, and departed this life at the Comanche County Hospital in Kansas on March 10, 1972, at the age of 89 years.

She was the first-born in a family of 14 children. Her parents were farmers, and lived n Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. The family's last farm residence was in Protection, Kan.

Ursula was baptized and united with the Mennonite church and was a loyal and contributing member. She attended school at Goshen Academy, the Oklahoma Normal Institute at Alva, and McPherson College in Kansas. She taught school a number of years. She did an extensive amount of writing of both poems and stories. Many of these were published in Mennonite church papers.

She married Sylvanus Enos Miller on June 16, 1907 at Jet, Okla. They sojourned together for over 64 years. S. Enos preceded her in death by four months. During their marriage they spent many years on their farm south of Protection. They moved to Hesston, Kan. in 1920 where S. Enos served as a faculty member at Hesston College for 11 years. In 1931 they returned to their farm south of Protection and remained there until 1946 when they retired and moved to Protection.

Two children were born to them: Lahla Ursula, Mrs. Truman Selzer of Protection, and Sanford E. of Topeka, Kan. Other survivors are eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Two sisters and four brothers preceded her in death. Those surviving are: Mrs. Christine (Miller) Garber of Hesston, Kan., Alf B. Miller of Inman, Kan., D. D. Miller of Goshen, Ind., Noah Tuckson Miller of Pryor, Okla., Billie D. Miller of Hesston, Levi Miller of Strasburg, Colo., and Harold Miller of Pryor, Okla.

Ursula had many interests in life and maintained a youthful spirit. She read extensively. She sought after righteousness, integrity, and justice, and her open Bible was a symbol of her relation with God.