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William C. Miller

  William C. Miller, 73, of Milan, formerly of Taylor Ridge, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 1990, at Franciscan Medical Center, Rock Island. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Jinks Funeral Home, Reynolds, with Rev. Larry Misfeldt of the Taylor Ridge United Methodist Church officiating. Burial was in the Chapel Grove Cemetery, Taylor Ridge, with the Reynolds American Legion Post 1166 conducting graveside military services.
  The Andalusia Masonic Lodge 516 conducted services at 8 p.m. during visitation Sunday evening.
  He was born Oct. 15, 1916 in rural Taylor Ridge, a son of Clarence and Eva Hofmann Miller. He was educated in the BlackHawk Grade School, Taylor Ridge and married Hazel McDermott on Aug. 17, 1946 in Rock Island. The couple lived in the Taylor Ridge community until moving to Milan three years ago.
  He was employed for 20 years at John Deere Planter Works in Moline, retiring in 1961. A member of the Taylor Ridge Methodist Church, he was a 50 year member of the Andalusia Masonic Lodge 516. He was a member of the Reynolds American Legion Post 1166, the Davenport Elks Club 298, the Andalusia Eastern Star 617 and was an army veteran of World War II.
  Survivors include his wife; two sons, Dennis of Albuquerque, NM and Thomas of Dublin OH; a granddaughter, Nia Miller; two sisters, Evelyn Nussbaum of Muscatine, IA and Mildred Wainwright of Milan.
  He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
(Aledo Times Record, September 1990)

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