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Elsie Vera MILLER

Female 1901 - 1988  (87 years)


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  • Name Elsie Vera MILLER 
    Born 31 Mar 1901  Minnehaha Co., South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 Dec 1988  Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 28 Dec 1988  Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • South Dakota Births:
      Name: Elsie Miller
      31 Mar 1903
      Birth Cty: Minnehaha
      Father’s name: Max Miller
      Mother’s name: Ida Leubcher [sic]

      "Elsie went with my father's mother [Mrs. Adolph Miller] to Parker after my Mother died. My dad's mother took her right after Mother was killed. So we were never raised together, except for some times in the summer she would come for two-three weeks."

      "Elsie graduated from high school in Parker. She'd come home a couple 2-3 weeks in the summer time. "

      "She was eight when her Mother was killed."

      "Elsie stayed in Parker until she went to Mankato to go to Business College."

      At the time of the 1910 census, is living with her grandmother, Augusta Miller, in Parker, South Dakota.

      Is listed as living with her father in Minneahaha County, Wall Lake township, in the 1920 census.

      Iowa, U.S. Marriage Records 1880-1951
      Iowa State Board of Health
      Return of a Marriage to the Clerk of the District Court
      1. By whom affidavit, if any, is made [blank]
      2. By whom consent to marriage is given [blank]
      3. Full name of GROOM: Albert Strobel
      4. Place of residence: Mankato, Minn.
      5. Occupation: Teacher 6. Groom’s age next birthday: 32
      7. Color White 8. Race: Ame 9. Number of Groom’s marriage: first
      10. Groom’s place of birth: Mankato, Minne
      11. Groom’s Father’s name: John Strobel
      12. Groom’s Mother’s full maiden name: Mary Stostache
      13. Full name of BRIDE: Elsie Miller
      14. Bride’s maiden name if a widow [blank]
      15. Bride’s Place of residence: Fairmont, Minn.
      16. Bride’s age next birthday: 23 17. Color: white 18 Race Ame
      19. Number of Bride’s marriage: first
      20. Bride’s place of birth: Sioux Falls, So. Dakota
      21. Bride’s Father’s full name: [blank] a different handwriting has written in Miller
      22. Bride’s Mother’s full maiden name: Ida Lubecher
      23. Where and when married: Spencer, Ia, June 21, 1923
      Witnesses: F. E. Wedven Lina Divlay
      25: By whom married, name and office: W. F. Hwist Minister
      Marriage certified as occurring on 21 day of June 1923.

      Obituary: The Free Press, Mankato, Saturday, Dec. 24, 1988:
      Elsie V. Strobel:
      Mankato--Services for Elsie Vera (Miller) Strobel, 87, Mankato, who died Friday, Dec. 23, 1988, at the Mapleton Nursing Home,will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Centenary United Methodist Church, Mankato, the Rev. Nancy Wheeler-Handlon officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato.
      Visitation wiill be 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Landkamer’s Funeral Home, and one hour before services at the church.
      Mrs. Strobel was born in Tea, S.D., March 31, 1901, to Max and Ida (Leubecker) Miller. She graduated from Parker, S.D., High School, and attended Mankato Business College. She worked in the office of the registrar of deeds in Fairmont, and later was secretary to the Martin County extension agent. She married G. Albert Strobel in Fairmont in 1923. They moved to Rapidan , where they lived for 10 years before moving to Worthington later, Owatonna. They moved to Mankato in 1940. Mrs. Strobel enjoyed raising fruit at her East Main Sreet Home, and had championship fruit displays at the State Fair for 10 consecutive years. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church.
      Mrs. Strobel is survived by her husband, Albert; a son, Dr. Claire Strobel of rural Mapleton; a sister, Hazel Lowell of Sioux Falls, S.D.; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.”

      SSDI: #472 76 1697; Born 31 Mar 1901; Died 23 Dec 1988; Res.: 56065, Mapleton, Blue Earth, MN

      U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2''7:
      Name: Elsie Vera Strobel [Elsie V Strobel] [Elsie Vera Mueller]
      SSN: 472761697
      Gender: Female
      Race: White
      Birth Date: 31 Mar 1901
      Birth Place: Wall Lake Ts, South Dakota
      Death Date: 23 Dec 1988
      Father: Max Mueller
      Mother: Ida Leubecher
      Type of Claime: Original SSN
      Notes: 17 Oct 1972: Name Listed as ELSIE VERA STROBEL; 03 Jan 1989: Name Listed as ELSIE V STROBEL.

      Minnesota Historical Society: Online transcription of death records in Minnesota:
      Strobel, Elsie Vera Miller
      Date of birth: 03/31/1901
      Mother’s maiden name: Leubecker
      Date of death: 12/23/1988
      County of death: Blue Earth, , ,

      Minnesota, Death Index:
      Name: Elsie Vera Miller Strobel
      Birth Date: 31 Mar 1901
      Death Date: 23 Dec 1988
      Mother's Maiden Name: Leubecker
      State File Number: 032099
      Certificate Number: 032099
      Certificate Year: 1988
      Record No. 2307202

      Elsie had Parkinson’s.
    Person ID I236  Lowell&Block
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 

    Father Max MILLER,   b. 12 May 1871, Free State of Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1963, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Ida LEUBECHER,   b. 9 Mar 1872, Tann, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1909, Shindler, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1900  Shindler, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Photos
    Millers and Leubechers, 1905
    Millers and Leubechers, 1905
    Left to right:
    Clifford Miller on rocking horse; Max Miller; Anna Katharina "Kate" Leubecher; Ida Leubecher Miller; Herman Leubecher; Viola Miller; Children: Vera Holmes, Hazel Miller Lowell, and Elsie Miller
    Family ID F3617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gustav Albert “Al” STROBEL,   b. 29 Jul 1891, Jackson, Jackson, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1995, Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 104 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1923  Spencer, Clay, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Claire John Albert STROBEL
    Photos
    Strobel, Al and wife, Elsie Miller Strobel.  With Elsie's sister, Hazel Miller Lowell and George J. Lowell, Hazel's husband.
    Strobel, Al and wife, Elsie Miller Strobel. With Elsie's sister, Hazel Miller Lowell and George J. Lowell, Hazel's husband.
    Taken in 1961, possible at the Strobel home in Mankato, Minnesota.
    Histories At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F81  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Mar 1901 - Minnehaha Co., South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Jun 1923 - Spencer, Clay, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Dec 1988 - Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 28 Dec 1988 - Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Miller, Cliff and sister, Elsie Miller.
    Miller, Cliff and sister, Elsie Miller.
    Strobel, Elsie Miller.
    Strobel, Elsie Miller.
    Miller, Augusta.  Family home in Parker, Turner County, South Dakota.
    Miller, Augusta. Family home in Parker, Turner County, South Dakota.
    Assumed to have been taken sometime between 1909 and 1918. Identity of individuals not confirmed, but it is possible that they are Viola Miller Collins (woman in center of photograph), Elsie Miller Strobel (child next to Viola), and Augusta Miller, woman at far right of picture. Assumed date based on the fact that Elsie went to live with her grandmother in Parker after the death of her mother in August 1909. The 1910 U.S. Federal Census lists Augusta, Viola, and Elsie living at their home in Parker. Home was listed as being on 3rd Street.
    Millers and Leubechers, 1905
    Millers and Leubechers, 1905
    Left to right:
    Clifford Miller on rocking horse; Max Miller; Anna Katharina "Kate" Leubecher; Ida Leubecher Miller; Herman Leubecher; Viola Miller; Children: Vera Holmes, Hazel Miller Lowell, and Elsie Miller