Elsie Vera MILLER

1901 - 1988  (87 years)

• Name	Elsie Vera MILLER
  Born	31 Mar 1901	Minnehaha Co., South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Dec 1988	Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
  Buried	28 Dec 1988	Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
  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. 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 [1, 2]
  Person ID	I236	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Max MILLER,   b. 12 May 1871, Free State of Saxony, Germany ,   d. 14 Dec 1963, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Ida LEUBECHER,   b. 9 Mar 1872, Tann, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 2 Aug 1909, Shindler, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1900	Shindler, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Photos » Slide Show		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Miller, Max and wife, Ida Leubecher Miller. Children. L. to R.: Cliff, Hazel, and Elsie. Taken 1905.
  		Miller, Max. Family. Front seat, L. to R.: Helen Leubecher Thompson, Max Miller. Back seat, L. to R.: Cliff Miller, Hazel Miller Lowell, and Augusta Leubecher. Taken sometime between 1910 and 1913.
  		Miller, Max. Family. L. to R.: Hazel Miller Lowell, Max Miller, Cliff Miller, Helen Leubecher Bates, and Elsie Miller Strobel. Taken around 1913.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Miller, Max and wife, Ida Leubecher Miller. Wedding party. Wedding occurred on January 10, 1900 at Shindler, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
  Headstones		Miller, Max and Ida Leubecher Miller
  Histories		Newspaper Articles. Miller Family Reunion. August 5, 1950. Reunion was held at City Park, Parker, Turner County, South Dakota. Article appeared in the 10 Aug 1950 edition of The New Era newspaper, published in Parker, South Dakota.
  Family ID	F77	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Max MILLER,   b. 12 May 1871, Free State of Saxony, Germany ,   d. 14 Dec 1963, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Ida LEUBECHER,   b. 9 Mar 1872, Tann, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 2 Aug 1909, Shindler, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1900	Shindler, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Photos		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 ,   d. 9 Aug 1995, Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA  (Age 104 years)
  Married	1923	Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, USA
  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. 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	15 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F81	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Mar 1901 - Minnehaha Co., South Dakota, USA Married - 1923 - Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, USA Died - 23 Dec 1988 - Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA Buried - 28 Dec 1988 - Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Miller, Cliff and sister, Elsie Miller.
  		Strobel, Elsie Miller.
  		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 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Interview while driving to and from a family reunion at Flathead Lake, Montana. [S3] Interview.