At eight forty-five Wednesday evening October 7, 1903, after an illness of nearly a year, Mrs. D. S. Miller passed away. Mrs. Miller was born Christmas day 1849 in Chatauqua county New York, and while a little girl moved with her parents to Warren county, Pa. She lived in Warren and Erie counties of the state till the summer of 1883 when she came to Blaine. In Blaine she married Mr. Miller.
Mrs. Miller had been unwell for over a year. Despite all the efforts of her loved ones to stay her decline, and notwithstanding the best medical attendance she grew worse and worse. It was at last known that she had cancer. When the end came it was a blessed relief to that patient sufferer who knew so well how to alleviate the suffering of others and bore her own trials with such sweetness. She leaves to mourn her loss a bereaved husband and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Harry Watts, of this city.
The funeral occurred at the Congregational church at two p. m. last Friday. Rev. L. M. Hutton and Rev. E. W. Dawson officiated. The music was furnished by Mrs. O. V. Hall and the male quartet consisting of Messrs John Stewart, E. W. Dickerson, Bert VanLuven and Clarence Gott. The pall bearers were Mrs. Miller's nephews Messrs T. A. Hunter, Fred Hunter, W. J. Sheperd, J. F. Griffin, Morse Barber and W. A. McCullum. The church was beautifully decorated with ferns, cut flowers and floral tributes sent in by friends. Even the grave was rendered beautiful by the work of loving hands. The new earth was hidden by a coat of ferns and white dahlias. The funeral service was an impressive one. Every chord of music and each word spoken seemed to be appropriate to the noble, gentle woman who had gone before. Rev. Hutton led in prayer. Rev. E. W. Dawson read the 31st chapter of Proverbs, choosing for the text of his address the last verse; "Let her own works praise her." The hearse was followed to the cemetery by a long funeral procession.
