Owen Guthrie Miller - I34591 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

Owen Guthrie Miller (I34591)

Surname: Miller
Given Names: Owen Guthrie

Gender: Male

Birth: 27 June 1910 -- Nebo, Pike County, Illinois
Death: 18 February 2003 -- Alameda, Alameda County, California

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source: Marilyn Miller email of 02/26/2003 ‎(Owen Miller's daughter)‎

OWEN GUTHERIE MILLER

Owen Miller was born in Nebo, Illinois on June 15, 1910. His mother wasLaure Belle ‎(Guthrie)‎ Miller and his father was Earnest
W. Miller. Owen was the second of five children born to the family. Inthe spring of 1916, when he was six years old, the family traveled toFiler, Idaho to settle on the families' small farm outside of town. Soonthe entire family was stricken with influenza, but all survived the dreaddisease.

Owen completed all his schooling in Filer. He excelled in both basketballand football and graduated from Filer High School in 1928.
He attend Idaho State Unversity ‎(then University of Idaho)‎ in Pocatello,Idaho. After two and one half years, Owen left school to find work to payfor his education. He returned to finish college on a footballscholarship and graduated with a Teachers Certificate. Owen met hisfuture wife at the University, and he and Alma Stedtfeld were married onDecember 25, 1934. Owen and Alma established a residence in Filer, whereOwen taught school to junior high students in eighth grade from 1924 thru1942 becoming principal in the process. Their son, Don was born in Filerin 1937. Owen took a job with the Idaho Highway Department in Shosone in1942/1943 which lasted only one
year due to a political change in state government.

In Mary of 1943, the family moved to Alameda, California and Owen workingin the war industry at a shipyard in Alameda until 1944, when theirdaughter Marilyn was born. Then he was hired at the Alameda Naval AirStation, working to ship aircraft overseas, and later as a cabinetmakerand woodworker. The family bought a home in San Leandro in 1950. Almadied in February 1970, after a lengthly illness.
Owen retired in 1972, and after a few years married Julie Kalousec, aschool friend from Buhl, Idaho. Jule died suddenly in 1993 of heartproblems.

During the late 1980's, Owen began having vision problems related todiabetes and declared legally blind a few years later. He lived in thefamily home in San Leandro by himself and did amazingly well for his ageand condition. Hew was ministered and cared for by the family. Hishealth deteriorated and in early 2002 Owen had to be placed into askilled nursing facility. In January 2003 he was transferred to a bedand board home which did hospice care and he went to be with the Lordwhile there on February 18, 2003.


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	Events of close relatives
Birth	27 June 1910 2426 Nebo, Pike County, Illinois
Marriage	25 December 1934 (Age 24) ‎[View Family ‎(F14677)‎‎] Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho
Death of father	16 May 1953 (Age 42) Ernest Warren Miller (I34320) (Age 67) - [Relationship Chart]
Death	18 February 2003 (Age 92) Alameda, Alameda County, California
Universal Identifier	C783DB54FA37FB4EB17A041183B19B8B8D27
Burial	Filer Cemetery, Filer, Twin Falls County, Idaho
Last Change	22 June 2006 - 23:07:39