Ernest Jay Miller

Ernest was born October 30, 1902 at Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL and died September 22, 1986 at Tarpon Springs General Hospital, Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, FL. Ernest is buried at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL.
Ernest Miller married Mildred Lucille Powell on October 29, 1924 at Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL.
Mildred Lucille Powell, daughter of Wylie Powell and Alice [Andrews] Powell, was born on October 28, 1902 at Melvin, Ford County, IL and died December 27, 1980 at Dunedin, Pinellas County, FL. Mildred [Powell] Miller is buried at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL.

Ernest and Mildred are listed on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Kankakee, Kankakee County, IL.

Ernest and Mildred had the following children:

Documentation

Marriage License
Mr. Ernest Miller of Kankakee Co., Kankakee, IL of the age of 22 years and Miss Mildred Powell of Kankakee, Kankakee Co., IL, of the age of 22 years. Witness this 28th day of Oct. A.D. 1924.
Signed Henry Groenewoud, County Clerk
Esther Bittner (?) Deputy
I, George H. McLelung (?), a Clergyman, hereby certify that Mr. Ernest Miller and Miss Mildred Powell were united in Marriage by me at Kankakee in the County of Kankakee and State of Illinois on the 29th day of October A.D., 1924.
Signed George Harlan McLelung (?)
Marriage License No. 18343
Mr. Ernest Miller with Miss Mildred Powell
Issued Oct. 28th, 1924
Filed Oct. 30, 1924
Illinois Sate Board of Health
1. Full Name of Groom: Ernest J. Miller
2. Place of Residence: Kankakee, Ill
3. Occupation: Foreman Ezest(?) Way
4. Age Next Birthday: 23 yrs     Color: White      Race:
5. Place of Birth: Kankakee, Illinois
6. Father's Name: Norris Miller
7. Mother's Maiden Name: Hattie Merillat
8. No. of Groom's Marr: No. 1
9. Full Name of Bride: Mildred Lucyele Powell
10. Place of Residence: Kankakee, Illinois
11. Age at next Birthday: 23 yrs      Color: White      Race:
12. Place of Birth: Melvin, Illinois
13. Father's Name: Wylie Powell
14. Mother's Maiden Name: Alice Andrews
15. No. of Bride's Marr: No. 1
16. Married at Kankakee in the county of Kankakee and the State of Illinois, the 29th day of October 1924.
17. Witness to Marriage: Mrs. E. N. Houde  & Edward Houde
October 29, 1924
Signed Ernest J. Miller (groom)      Mildred L. Powell (bride)
George Harlan McLe(unreadable) Pastor First M.E. R(unreadable)
Dated at KKK this 29 day of October 1924.

Florida Death Entry

Ernest J. Miller
Florida Death Index Entry:
Name: Ernest Jay Miller
Certificate: 92475
Death Place: Pinellas
Race: W
Death Date: 22 Sep 1986
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1902

Death Notice

Kankakee Daily Journal, Wednesday Sept 24, 1986.
BURIAL: Ernest J. Miller
Ernest Jay Miller, 83, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., formerly of Kankakee, died Monday at Tarpon General Hospital following a long illness.
Visitation at the Schreffler Funeral Home’s Kankakee chapel will be at 3-9 p.m. Friday.
Visitation at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Kankakee will be from 9:30 a.m. Saturday until the services at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Jonathon Kosec will officiate.
Mr. Miller was born Oct. 30, 1902 in Kankakee, the son of Norris and Hattie Merillat Miller.
His wife, the former Mildred L. Powell, died Dec. 22, 1979.
Survivors include a son, John R. Miller of Dunedin, Fla., 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
A longtime employee of the appliance division of the Roper Corp. he had retired as a supervisor. Mr. Miller had owned and operated a hog farm on Skyline Road in rural Kankakee for many years. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Kankakee.
Burial will be at Memorial Gardens in Kankakee."

Notes

Ernest J. Miller was the oldest son of Hattie & Norris Miller. When Norris died in 1916, Ernest was 14 years old. Ernest (nicknamed "Ernie") quit school to go to work and help support the family, as did Ernie's sisters that were living at home. In 1920, Ernie was working as a night watchman at a pickle factory. After marrying Mildred, they built a new house for his mother, Hattie, on Oak Street in Kankakee. Ernest and Mildred ran a successful hog farm at RR7 on Skyline Road in Kankakee until they retired to Dunedin, Florida in the early 1980's.
Their first child, Ernest Jay Miller, Jr. died within 10 minutes of his birth; the Death Notice indicating 'premature birth' as the reason for death.

Death Certificate

Ernest Jay Miller, Jr.
Death Certificate State Of Illinois
Place of Death: Kankakee IL   Registration Dist. No. 457    (stamped 16454)
Kankakee Primary Dist. 3324
Registered No. (108 crossed off) written 81
Street 252 So. Fourth Avenue
Earnest Miller Jr.   Male   White   Single
Date of Birth: April 27, 1925
Date of Death: April 27, 1925
If less than day....hrs OR ..10..minutes
Cause of Death: premature birth
Birthplace: Kankakee, IL
Buried: April 27, 1925 at St. Rose Cemetery, Kankakee, IL
0 days death occurred at 2:10 am
Father's Name: Earnest Miller   birthplace of father: Kankakee, IL
Mother's Maiden Name: Mildred Powell   birthplace of mother: Melvin, IL
Informant Earnest Miller, Kankakee, IL
signed J.R. (Wilkinson&), MD, Kankakee, IL 4-27-1925 Telephone: 1044