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Milton M. Starr¹

• Last Edited: 25 Dec 2022

• Milton M. Starr was born on 14 March 1873, Branch Township, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2
• He married Jane Gertrude Starr.³
• Milton M. Starr died on 9 May 1935, Branch Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 62.^1,2
• He was buried on 14 May 1935, at Friedens Lutheran Church Cemetery, Minersville, Schuylkill County, PA.^2,4

Jane Gertrude Starr¹

• Last Edited: 25 Dec 2022

• Jane Gertrude Starr was born on 26 June 1879, Stein's Mill, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• She married Milton M. Starr.¹
• Jane Gertrude Starr died on 1 August 1966, North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 87.¹
• She was buried on 3 August 1966, at Friedens Lutheran Church Cemetery, Minersville, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2

Rachel Alice Miller¹

• Last Edited: 27 Dec 2022

• Rachel Alice Miller is also referred to as Rebecca Alice Miller in some sources.²
• She was born on 21 October 1866.¹
• She was the daughter of Jonas Miller and Mary Ann Dietz.^2,1
• Rachel Alice Miller married David Leitzel Trautman, son of James B. Troutman and Sarah Leitzel, circa 1884.^1,3
• Rachel Alice Miller died on 16 May 1935, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 68.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Heart Attack Fatal To Mrs. D. Troutman
  Mrs. David L. Troutman, 68 years, died at her home on Grand Avenue, Tower City, on Thursday fifteen minutes after noon, one hour after suffering a heart attack. Although ailing for the past four months she had been able to be about her home, and was walking in her garden when she was taken ill an hour before her death. Medical aid was summoned, but her condition grew worse despite all efforts.
  Mrs. Rebecca Alice Troutman was a daughter of Jonas Miller and wife, nee Mary Deitz, both deceased, of Gratz, where she was born on October 21, 1866. She was married to David L. Troutman, then of Gratz, where the couple resided until they moved to Tower City in 1894, and have resided here continuously since that time.
  Mrs. Troutman was a charter member of Charity Council No. 36, Daughters of America, of Tower City, and for many years was active in that organization. She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church.
  To survive she leaves her husband, four sons, Gurney, Edward, and Chas., of Tower City; James, of Philadelphia; two daughters, Mame, wife of Walter Klinger, and Lillian, wife of Lloyd Daub, of Ashland; also three brothers, David Miller, of Harrisburg; Jacob Miller, of Sunbury, and Samuel Miller, of Pitman, and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Snyder, of Pitman, and Mrs. Louis Reiner, of Orwin.
  The funeral will be held on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from her late residence. Services will be conducted by Rev. Charles E. Heffleger, pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, and ir-terment made in Greenwood cemetery. Funeral director J. F. Dreisigacker has charge.
  West Schuylkill Herald (Tower City, Pennsylvania), 17 May 1935, Fri, Page 1.²
  
• She was buried on 19 May 1935, at Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,4

• Father*: Jonas Miller^2,1 b. 9 Dec 1844, d. 11 Apr 1917
• Mother*: Mary Ann Dietz^1,2 b. 20 Aug 1845, d. 11 Feb 1915