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- (Research):Miller - Christiana Kauffman Miller, wife of Bro. Joe Miller, died at her home in Cass Co., Mo., on July 2, 1904, aged 65 Y., 1 M., 19 D. She had a complication of diseases, having had a milk-leg for 38 years, which was sore part of the time. She also had a cystic tumor for a number of years, which caused her a hard spell of sickness three years ago, from which she partly recovered until last October, when she grew worse again, and since then had been confined to the house nearly all the time. On June 27th an operation for the removal of the tumor was performed by specialists from Kansas City, but very little of it could be removed, as it was grown fast to the liver. She stood the operation very well and got along nicely for a few days; then her limb grew worse and gangrene set in and in six days after the operation she died. Funeral services were held at the Sycamore Grove M. H. on Sunday afternoon by Ben. F. Hartzler in English and John J. Hartzler in German, from Matt. 24:13, a text which the deceased had chosen. Her brother, Bish. David Kauffman of Indiana, was here the last days of her life and was present at the funeral. She was born in Somerset Co., Pa., in 1839, and was married to Joe Miller, her surviving husband, in Lagrange Co., Ind., in 1860. In 1872 they moved to Cass Co., Mo., to the farm where she died. She was the mother of nine children, two having died in their infancy. The other children who survive are all living in the vicinity, the youngest son, Levi J. Miller, being one of our ministers of the gospel. She also leaves four brothers, five sisters and 23 grandchildren. She was a faithful member of the Sycamore Grove congregation and died with a living hope of a glorious resurrection.
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