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Miller, Kenneth Carter

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  • Name Miller, Kenneth Carter 
    Born 30 Jan 1901  Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Feb 1970  Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 

    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Kenneth Carter Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Kansas. The date of publication was not provided.

           Kenneth Carter Miller, 69, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon of an apparent heart attack at his home in Wathena. He was the owner of the Miller Pharmacy, a business that observed its 100th anniversary in September 1967. Although Mr. Miller had recently been hospitalized, he was at the Pharmacy Friday morning. A lifelong resident of Wathena, Mr. Miller was a member of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association and the National Association of Retail Druggists. A graduate of Kansas University at Lawrence, he was a charter member of Delta Chi Fraternity of the University. He was an active violinist and was a director of the Kansas University Footwarmers. An active member of the United Methodist Church, Mr. Miller had served as chairman of the official board of the church. At one time he sang in the church choir and on numerous occasions enriched the worship service and other special events of the church with violin solos. A member of Wathena Lodge No. 64, A. F. and A. M., Mr. Miller had served as Past Master, was a past member of the board of trustees of the lodge and was treasurer of that organization at the time of his death, an office that he had held for many years. He was also chairman of the Salvation Army Unit in Wathena at the time of his death. A former member of Wathena City Council, he was always interested in community affairs. Among his many interests were flowers. Mr. Miller had a flower garden each year at his home and it was not unusual to go into his pharmacy in the summer time and see beautiful bouquets of flowers picked from his garden on display. Mr. Miller was a member of Royal Arch Masons No. 16 of Troy, Hugh dePaynes Commandery No. 4 of St. Jo., St. Jo Council No. 9, Moila Shrine Temple of St. Jo and Phoenix Lodge No. 41, I.O.O.F., Wathena. Mr. Miller was very active in St. Jo musical and social circles. As a member of Moila Temple Shrine, he played golf at the Shrine Country Club and in former years was the director of the Moila Chanters, a choral. The evening of February 16 he attended the St. Jo Community Concert Association's program, having been a member for many years. The evening before his death, on February 19, he attended a meeting of the Midland Empire Numismatic Association of St. Jo in which he had won trophies. As a young man, Mr. Miller played in Ray Miller's Hotel Gibson Orchestra, traveling out of Cincinnati. He played in the early days of radio in St. Jo as a member of the Zerbst Capsule Hour Orchestra. Later he played in the orchestra for the operetta productions in Krug Park Bowl in St. Jo and for such traveling groups as Olson and Johnson at the Auditorium in St. Jo. Mr. Miller was a violinist and an entertainer who amused his friends in musical groups with stunts he had worked out for the instrument. As a member of the 25 year club of Local 50 in St. Jo, American Federation of Musicians, he attended the dinner given there annually by the veteran performers. His wife, Juliet, who survives him, is the immediate past president of the Fortnightly Musical Club in St. Jo. Besides his wife, survivors include a son, Roger Miller of Bonner Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Freda Larzelere of Troy, Mrs. Kathryn Beery of Kansas City (his twin sister) and Miss Wilma Miller of Wathena, and three grandchildren. One son, Phillip, preceded him in death. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Lee Wiersma officiating. Mrs. Donald Groh played organ selections. Burial was in Bellemont Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. George Ruwwe, Dr. Claude Markt, Albert Zimmerman, Herbert Iffert, Russell Maag and Paul Spence. Arrangements were by Harman Mortuary at Wathena. Among the out of town relatives and friends who attended Mr. Miller's funeral were Mrs. Miller's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Brad Buell and Jack Buell of Salina. Mr. Buell remained to spend a few days with his sister.
    Buried 22 Feb 1970  Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church and burial was in Bellemont Cemetery.
    Person ID I431  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2008 

    Father Miller, Jacob,   b. 6 Mar 1863, Weidenthal, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1941, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Fiegenbaum, Emma Maria,   b. 16 Dec 1864, Woodbury, Washington County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1951, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 15 Sep 1886  Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Residence (family) 1892  Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Mrs. Emma Miller, a resident of Wathena, Kansas, was listed as one of the eight children attending a family reunion in November 1892 at her parents home at Oregon, Missouri.
    Residence (family) Apr 1902  Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and children Louise, Frieda, Wilma, Kenneth and Katherine" of Wathena, Kansas attended the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Emma's parents at Oregon, Missouri in April, 1902.
    Residence (family) Jan 1934  Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • According to an obituary in January 1934, Benjamin Friedrich Fiegenbaum was survived by his sister, "Mrs. Emma Miller, Wathena."
    Family ID F25  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Buell, Juliet Elizabeth,   d. Aft 1970 
    Married 18 Mar 1928  [14, 15] 
    Children 
     1. Miller, Phillip,   d. Bef 1970
     2. Miller, Roger,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 83, 125.
      Kenneth Carter Miller, child of Jacob Miller and Emma Maria Fiegenbaum, was born on 30 January 1901 at Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 126.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Kenneth Carter Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Kansas. The date of publication was not provided.
           "...survivors include ...three sisters, Mrs. Freda Larzelere of Troy, Mrs. Kathryn Beery of Kansas City (his twin sister) and Miss Wilma Miller of Wathena...."

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 83, 125.
      Kenneth Carter Miller died on 19 [sic] February 1970 at Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 126.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Kenneth Carter Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Kansas. The date of publication was not provided.
           "Kenneth Carter Miller, 69, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon of an apparent heart attack at his home in Wathena....."

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 126.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Kenneth Carter Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Kansas. The date of publication was not provided.
           "Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the United Methodist Church with Rev. Lee Wiersma officiating. Mrs. Donald Groh played organ selections. Burial was in Bellemont Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. George Ruwwe, Dr. Claude Markt, Albert Zimmerman, Herbert Iffert, Russell Maag and Paul Spence. Arrangements were by Harman Mortuary at Wathena."

    6. [S78] Internet resource, KS GenWeb Internet Genealogical Society; Douglas County, Kansas Marriages, 1886.
      ( http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/archives/douglas/marriage/marr1886.htm). Accessed on 2 March 2003. Jake Miller, of Wathen Kansas, and Emma Fiegenbaum were married on 15 September 1886. Recorded in Book 6, page 233. H. Fiegenbaum, Minister of the Gospel, officiated.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 81.
      Jacob Miller and Emma Maria Fiegenbaum were married on 15 September 1886 at Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 81.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Emma Miller [Emma Maria Fiegenbaum]. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 29 March 1951 in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas.
           "She had lived in Wathena since two years before her marriage to Mr. Miller 15 September 1886."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 82.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Jacob Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 27 February 1941 in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Kansas.
           "Mr. Miller and Miss Emma Fiegenbaum were married 15 September 1886 and they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1936. He is survived by the wife, five children: Louise, Wilma and Kenneth of Wathena; Mrs. R. G. Larzelere of Troy; Mrs. Roland Beery of Kansas City; six grandchildren; three sisters and one brother, living in Germany; one cousin, Mrs. Octa Myers of Milwaukee; two second cousins, Mrs. Harlan Bradley of Milwaukee and Charles Chase of St. Joseph. Two daughters, Emily and Elsa died in childhood. Mrs. Beery was unable to attend the funeral, having undergone an operation recently."

    10. [S217] Book, Douglas County, Kansas, Marriage Records, 1885-1897.
      Compiled by Edna Willing and Vivian Clough; indexed by Richard Wellman. Lawrence, Kansas: Douglas County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2008. Volume 2, page 19.
           Jake Miller of Wathena, Kansas and Emma Fiegenbaum of Douglas County, Kansas were married on 15 September 1886 in Douglas County, Kansas. H. Fiegenbaum, Minister of the Gospel, officiated. Marriage record from Book 6, page 233, Office of the Clerk of the Specialized Division of the District Court, Room 144, Law and Judicial Building, Lawrence, Kansas.

    11. [S211] Article or notice, "Family Reunion." Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 11 November 1892; page 1, column 8.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1892-11-11/ed-1/seq-1/) in November 2011.
           "Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum, pastor of the German M. E. church of this city, and his wife are enjoying the pleasure of having all their children at home this week for the first time in eight years. It is indeed a dear thing to the hearts of the parents who have passed their three score mile post to be permitted to have all their sons and daughters gathered around them at one time and we trust that nothing shall mar their happiness on this occasion. The following is the names of their children who have been here this week: Mrs. Minnie Sexauer, Des Moines, Ia.; Lydia Howard and daughter, Genevieve, Des Moines, Ia.; Adolph Fiegenbaum, Washington, D. C.; Louis Fiegenbaum, Geneva, Neb.; Theodore Feigenbaum [sic], Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Emma Miller, Wathena, Kas.; Benj. and Henry Feigenbaum [sic], Lawrence, Kas., and Ed Fiegenbaum, lately of Chicago, who will spend the winter with his parents."

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 37.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Friedrich William and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where this report was published, but it seems likely it appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           From a list of the children of Friedrich and Louisa: "...Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and children Louise, Frieda, Wilma, Kenneth and Katherine, Wathena, Kansas...."

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Benjamin Friedrich Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 22 January 1934 in the Lawrence Daily Journal World, of Lawrence, Kansas.
           "Surviving are...two sisters, ...Mrs. Emma Miller, Wathena;...."

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 125.
      Kenneth Carter Miller and Juliet Elizabeth Buell were married on 18 March 1928. No place given.

    15. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 126.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Kenneth Carter Miller. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared in the Wathena Times, of Wathena, Kansas. The date of publication was not provided.
           "His wife, Juliet, who survives him,...."
           "Among the out of town relatives and friends who attended Mr. Miller's funeral were Mrs. Miller's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Brad Buell and Jack Buell of Salina. Mr. Buell remained to spend a few days with his sister."


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