Person:Claude Stillman (1)

GRAD: 17 JUN 1909, Milton College - BA, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin Residence: 1954: 5519 London Road, Duluth, St. Louis Co., Minnesota Cause of death: Cardiac failure

Claude Durell Stillman 1884-1954

Milton Newspaper Obituary "The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Mar. 4, 1954, p 3. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, Feb. 26, in Duluth, Minn., for Claude D. Stillman, 69, who died Feb. 22, after a short illness. Claude D. Stillman was born Nov. 2, 1884, in Utica, Wis., the son of A. B. and M. Clarine Coon Stillman. When he was six years old the family moved to Nortonville, Kan. He graduated from high school there and taught for three years, after which he went to Milton college where he graduated in 1909. He married Cora E. Thomas on June 22, 1912, at Ely, Minn. He taught school at Nielsville and Rochester, Minn., and Oconto, River Falls, and Hayward, Wis. In 1920 he moved to Duluth and became an auditor for the Clement K. Quinn Mining Co. A member of the Pilgrim Congregational church in Duluth, he was recently honored for 20 years service as treasurer. Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Aliceon C. Branch, Milton; a son, Newland A., Duluth, two sisters, Miss Ruth A. Stillman, Madison and Miss Rose Stillman, Milton, three brothers, Clair L., Wauwatosa; James I., Houston, Texas; and D. Theodore, Montebello, Calif., and seven grandchildren. He was a member of the Masonic lodge. A memorial fund to Milton college has been started in his honor. Final burial will be in Milton.