Morris "Maurice" Paul MILLER

1903 - 1982  (79 years)

• Name	Morris "Maurice" Paul MILLER
  Born	15 Feb 1903	Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Oct 1982	Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA
  Notes	Name was originally "Morris". Morris changed his first name to "Maurice" as an adult. After the death of his mother, he went to the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa, for a time. According to daughter-in-law, Nancy Rae Miller, "Maurice would never talk about his stay there, how long he was there or anything." Iowa State Census: 1915: Floyd: Charles City Name: Morris Miller Age: 11 County: Floyd Town: Charles City Birthplace: Iowa Church Affiliation: German Methodist Soldiers’ Orphans Home Unable to locate 1930 U.S. Federal Census record. Remembrances written by Nancy Rae Miller, daughter-in-law, in December 2014: "Maurice died 10/7/1982. He was a very active man, had the most gorgeous garden, looked like it came out of a magazine. Alice and Maurice were married June 1932, in the morning, and went to work at noon at the Deckers Meat Packing Plant. Alice said they made 20 cents an hour. They also built their own home by themselves. Always took relatives in when they needed a place to stay, Grandpa Paul was one of them. Also Alice's mother and father, her sister Norma, Eleanor. "Maurice was a milkman, worked for the junior college as a custodian and for the Mason City Schools as a custodian. He loved clothes and was always coming home with something new. He hated old things so when Greg and Nancy got married, we took the trunk from their home, that the Millers brought their belongings over from Germany in, still have it in our living room. The mate to it, Maurice told us, his aunt from Phoenix, AZ [Viola Collins] gave it to the Arizona State Museum. "Maurice was very close with his brothers and sister. And always went to visit them when he could..."
  Person ID	I1321	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Paul Friedrich MILLER,   b. Jan 1870, Germany ,   d. 22 Oct 1948, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" A. SIPPEL,   b. Nov 1870, Rockensuess, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 17 Nov 1912, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, USA  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1894	Floyd Co., Iowa, USA
  Photos		Miller, Paul and wife, Mary Sippel Miller, and family. Back row (L to R): Harold, Melvin and Marvin. Front row (L to R): Maurice, Paul, Willis, Mary, and Russell. Taken shortly before Mary Miller's death in January 1911.
  		Miller, Willis; Russell Miller; and Maurice Miller. Taken at the Iowa Soldier's Orphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa. The three Miller children stayed at the Orphan's home after their mother died in Nov 1912 and before their father's second marriage in July 1916.
  Family ID	F285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Valborg BERGDALE,   b. 6 Jan 1912, Lake Mills, Winnebago, Iowa, USA ,   d. 26 Aug 1995, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	20 Jun 1932	Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, USA
  Children	1. Darrell Maurice MILLER,   b. 1934,   d. 23 Jun 1934, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA  (Age 0 years)   2. Gary Dean MILLER,   b. 27 Nov 1935, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1983, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA  (Age 47 years)   3. Gregory Lee MILLER,   b. 9 May 1948, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA ,   d. 29 Nov 2015, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F6209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Feb 1903 - Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, USA Married - 20 Jun 1932 - Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, USA Died - 7 Oct 1982 - Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA Buried - - Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Miller, Willis; Russell Miller; and Maurice Miller. Taken at the Iowa Soldier's Orphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa. The three Miller children stayed at the Orphan's home after their mother died in Nov 1912 and before their father's second marriage in July 1916.