Transcribed by Melva Taylor
The Sterling Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois
August 26, 1937 - Thursday, pg 5 col 7
ELLA SHIERRY MILLER
FUNERAL RITES WILL BE FRIDAY - Obsequies Of Mrs. Miller At Daughter's Home
Funeral services of Mrs. Ella Shierry Miller, who passed away at the Sterling public hospital Wednesday afternoon, will be held at the home of a daughter, Mrs. August Schultz, 601 Eleventh avenue, Rock Falls, at 2 p.m. Friday. Rev. H. E. Shiffer, pastor of the Rock Falls Christian church, will officiate. Interment will be in Riverside cemetery, Prophetstown.
Mrs. Miller had been ill for about three years. She was taken to the Sterling public hospital Tuesday, where she passed away. While it was known that her condition was serious her death came unexpectedly. The body was moved to the Wheelock mortuary, from where it was taken to the Schultz home Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Miller was born Aug. 15, 1867, in Prophetstown, where she spent her girlhood days. She was united in marriage in Prophetstown to Ed Shierry, who passed away 14 years ago. Two years later she was married to William Miller. For the past 45 yars she had been a resident of Rock Falls.
Besides the husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. August Schultz of Rock Falls, two sons, Dan Shierry of Sterling and Ernest Shierry of Bloomington, and one sister, Louella Crandall of Sterling.
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