George B. MILLER

                   Gertie (Miller) Way

(born May 13, 1888 and died Jan.20, 1948)


Gertie was the oldest child of George and Rebecca Miller.

She married Delbert Way on March 24, 1909. They were farmers and livedsouth of Oberlin in the Fairview Communty. Wrote communty news forOberlin Hearld for many years.

They didn't have any children, Gertie died following a stroke on Jan. 20,1948. She is buried at Oberlin.
                  

                   Henry F. Miller
(born July 4, 1889 and died March 23, 1970)


Henry was the oldest son of George and Rebecca Miller. He was the onlychild of the family that did not marry.
After his father died, Hank helped his mother run the farm and raise thefamily.
*    "Of all the Miller's except my father, I knew Uncle Hank the best. He

and dad helped each other when one of them needed help moving cattle,fixing fence, or repairing a windmill. In later years, after Hank retiredfrom farming, Dad and Richard farmed his land. Hank confinued with hispurebred Herford cattle for several years after he quit farming. Henrystarted Miller's Herfords in 1920. Dad and Richard bought the last ofHanks herd in the early 1960's.
My memories of Uncle Hank are many. He always spent Christmas with us. Ithink that Richard, Mike, and I looked at him as more of a grandfatherfigure rather than an uncle. He liked to tease us and always had a petname for eveybody. He also had pet names for Richard's and my children.He really enjoyed his nieces and nephews, as well as his great nieces andgreat nephews. He loved to buy them candy, ice cream, and/or ect., ormaybe give them a dime to spend when he saw them.
Henry always worked hard and was very thrifty when it came to spendingmoney on himself. He never had a modern house unfil he moved to Norcatur,in the early 1960's. It was hard for him to change with the fimes. Henever farmed with anything except horses. He believed in doing
things as they had been done in the past. He was a man with a schedule,although he never wore a watch. He did things at the same time eveydaythough, he went to town at the same time, come home at the same time, andstayed just so long at the sale barn. He never missed going to a sale atOberlin every week.

He was first in line on election day. He told me he hadntt missed votingsince he had been old enough to vote. I doubt if he ever voted for anyonebesides the Democrats. He didn't argue politics much, but he was a strongDemocrat.

Henry was a Precinct Committee Man for the Garfield Township in the1930's. When I was a committee man of Norcatur, he always made a donationto the party.

He also donatated to the Lutheran and Methodist Church, but I neverremember him going to church.

Uncle Hank liked baseball games, both local and listening to big leaguegames on radio and T.V. He was a Chicago Cubs fan. He also enjoyed going'coon' hunting and did so as long as his health permitted. He kepthunting dogs, but coons were the only thing that he ever hunted. Hedidn't like people hunting pheasants on his land.

Henry was a big and robust man all of his life, right up until his finalyear of life when diabetes caused him to lose a leg. He wasn't the sameafter that. We visited him three or four times a week and Richard, Dad,and I took him to Hays several times to get an artificial leg fitted, buthe had lost interest in things and his strength and mind were failing.

He did spend his last Christmas with us in 1969, but he wasn't the sameUncle Hank of the years before, and we knew that he didn't have too muchlonger. He died the following March.
Submitted by Gary Miller
                  

                   JAMES FLOYD MILLER

James Floyd Miller, was born at Norcatur, December 11, 1891, son ofGeorge B. and Rebecca Cramer Niller.  He received his education at theNorcatur school and in l915 moved to a farm near Jennings.

He and Lillie Brock, were married Sept. 8, l915 and lived in the Jenningsarea until l957.  They moved to Eldorado Springs, Mo. that year, andcontinued farming.

Floyd, served on the Pleasant Valley township board for 12 years, whileliving in the Jennings area.  He was a member 0£ the Modern Woodmen, forover 50 years.
Floyd and Lillie had two sons, Gerald and George.  George died as aninfant.
Floyd, died March 8, 1967, from after effects of diebetics.
                  

                   WILLIAM MILLER
June 16, 1896- Oct. 3, 1961

William Miller, was born June 16, 1896, at Norcatur, Ks. He was the sonof George & Rebecca Cramer Miller.

Bill served in World War 1, with the First U. S. Cavalry. In 1919, hemoved to LaSalle, Colorado where he worked for the Union PacificRailroad.  He later worked 20 years as a Humane officer for the City OfGreeley Colorado.

He was married to Florence Biggs.  They had six Children:
       Virginia  born 8-20-1920
       Vivian    born 4-2- 1923
e    Virgil    born 2-2O-l925 Lillian   born 8-27-1930
       Clayton   born 10-6- l934
       Evelyn    born 9-24-1942
                  

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She grew to womanhood in the Norcatur community, graduating from DecaturCommunity High School in 1920. She~ was united in marriage to Griff McVayat Proyo, Utah, Oct.25, 1926. They lived at American Fork, Utah from 1926to 1928 when moved to a farm northwest of Norcatur. Upon retirement theymoved Into Norcatur where they lived until her death.
Mrs. McVay was active in community and church work. She was a member ofthe United Methodist Church, Norcatur, and served as Sunday schoolteacher for eight years. She was a member of the R.N.A. and the ThreePrairie Unit Club. For several years she worked with the Red Cross as aGray Lady in Norton.

Survivors include her widower, Griffa, of the home; one daughter, Mrs.Malcolm Henderson, Tupelo, Miss.; one daughterin in law Mrs. Helen Mcvay,Norcatur; three grandsons, Don and Mark Henderson, Tupelo, Miss., andKenneth McVay, Norcatur; one granddaughter, Kathy McVay, Manhattan; twobrothers, John Miller, Yuma, Cob., and Weldon Miller, Norcatur, Kan.;three sisters, Mrs. Zena Clayton, Rapid City, S.D., Mrs. Maude Spicer,Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Luella Exline Beaver, Ore.

She was preceded in death by her \ parents; a son, Glenn; three brothersand one sister.

Memorial services were held from the United Methodist Church, Norcatur,March 9, 1976 with Mike Mcvay officiating. Burial was in NorcaturCemetery.

CARD OF THANKS

We would like to thank all our relatives and friends for the flowers,cards, gifts, food and acts of kindness shown during the illness anddeath of our loved one, Mrs. Mta Mcvay. May God bless each of you.

Grif Mcvay
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Henderson.
Dan and Mark
Mrs. Helen Mcvay, Kathy and Kenny