Richard C Miller Remembered as Diller’s First Gold Star Soldier
Richard Clark Miller born October 27 1923 in Diller Nebraska died May 4 1944 at Camp Rucker Alabama at age 20 from a cruel accident. A 1941 high school honor graduate he excelled in athletics music and outdoors. He served in the 263rd of the 66th Infantry and earned two expert marksman medals attaining corporal rank. Easter 1944 brought him home to be laid to rest as Diller’s first gold star soldier.
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Richard Clark Miller
Scott
Dora Willems Miller
Diller
Nebraska
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Richard
Congregational Church of
Danny Boy
Beatrice Sun
Lincoln Star
Legion
Fairbury
Chicago
Fort Crook
Omaha
Camp Blanding
Florida
66Th Infantry
Fianc e Ruthie Seaberger of Kansas City and Hanover
Miss Ruthie Seaberger is named fiancée to a local man with ties to Kansas City and Hanover. The announcement notes numerous relatives and friends sharing in the engagement news.
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Ruthie Seaberger
Kansas City
Hanover
Kansas
He Is Just Away A Poem and Funeral Notice
Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Los Angeles for James Whitcomb Riley in a May ceremony. The obituary lists pail bearers and attendees from multiple towns, noting burial at Prairie Home Cemetery and a large floral tribute from Richard's company.
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Congregational Church
Merle E. Fish
Pico Heights
Christian Church
Los Angeles
Calif
Max Thompson
Robert Stephens
Rupert Fry
Carl Ludington
Robert Hiatt
Robert Green
Danny Boy
Carolyn Clark
Eleanor Weigel
Richard Steffen
Fjossie Raymond
Scott Miller Jr
Max Logan
Donald Engleman
Robert Murray
William Meyer
Fairbury
Trauma Vance
Prairie Home Cemetery
Richard
Crete
J. G. Neely
Harold Neely
Louis Kahl
Harry Lee
Winside
Neb
True
Vivian Thompson
Omaha
Bruning Air Base
Betty Mae Thompson
Floyd Goldeberry
Odell
Gladys Lottman
Steele City
Lucy Ommen
George Edeal
Beatrice
Ruthie Seaberger
F. Seaberger
Hanover
Kansas
Roy Hageman
John Nider
Jansen
Ray Moon
Cloyd Cully
Homer Brunk
Bill Huff
Richard Davis
Bill Keenan
Alfred Drexler
Christopher Morgan
Harry Allen
Norma
Senior Class Play Postponed to May 16
The senior class play originally set for Thursday May 11 at the opera house has been postponed to Tuesday May 16. An advertisement notes the change and urges attendance at church services for Mother's Day.
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Opera House
May Day Banquet Honors Diller High Seniors
Junior Senior Banquet honored the Diller High School Seniors at the Methodist church on May 6. Faculty members and husbands attended. The May Day theme featured pastel Maypoles and baskets as centerpieces.
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Diller High School
Methodist Church
Ludington
Shirley Garrels
Stanley Diller
Mr. Ludington
Calvin Negus
Donald Bevan
Doris Wolken
Donald Scheele
Marilyn Miller
Eva Green
V Mail Letters From Boys Somewhere in the Pacific
Letters from service members describe arrival of birthday boxes, warm temperatures, and longing for home. Bill Tincher writes to grandparents from the Pacific Admiralty region as Delmar Champ and Roger Diller send brief notes mentioning newspapers, races won, and hopes for leave.
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Pacific
Louie
Nebraska
Grandpa
Bill
W.N. Tincher
Donald Tincher
Pearl Bell
Lincoln
Grendmin
Mrs. Bell
Admiraltys
Diller Honors First Gold Star Son Richard Miller
The Miller family learned of Richard Miller’s accidental death on May 4 1944 from Camp Rucker Alabama. His body arrived in Diller with a soldier escort aboard the Burlington at 4 19 Monday evening. A large crowd welcomed him at the station.
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Scott Miller
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Richard
Diller
Burlington
Mrs Gladys Davis Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Gladys Davis 71 died Tuesday afternoon at her home five miles northeast of Diller after a lingering illness. Funeral services set for 2:30 PM Saturday at Ellis Methodist Church with Rev. John M. Friday officiating. Interment in Evergreen Home Cemetery. Body at Harmon-Johnson Mortuary.
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Gladys Davis
Diller
Ellis Methodist Church
John M
Evergreen Home Cemetery
Harmon-Johnson Mortuary
Girls Reserves to Make Final Paper Collection
The Girls Reserves announce their last paper collection next Thursday and ask all residents to prepare their papers, including those in the country, to bring them in on that day.
Banks Pay Bond Drive Expense In War Loan Plan
Nebraska bankers volunteer their service for the Fifth War Loan drive scheduled for June. Preliminary work for wholesale bank cooperation started at six group meetings across the state. Banks will bear heavy clerical costs with no government reimbursement expected.
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Nebraska
Furlough Ends for Malchows as They Visit Family
Sgt Elmer Malchow and wife Mildred Krebs with Betty Jean last week visited parents Christ Malchow and Emil Krebs then traveled to Camp Polk Louisiana where Elmer is stationed. En route they faced Wichita flood delays. Alfred Malchow, inspector at Beach aircraft, also part of the family gathering in which Harold Dean was christened with Elmer and Alfred as sponsors. Glenn O Brien of Wymore accompanied them.
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Elmer Malchow
Mildred Krebs
Betty Jean
Christ Malchow
Emil Krebs
Louisiana
Elmer
Camp Polk
Diller
Wichita
Alfred Maichow
Robert Barber
Esther Maichow
Fairbury
George Bartlett
Leora Malchow
Alfred Malchow
Kans
Harold Dean
Glenn O’ Brien
Wymore
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James Whitcomb Riley
Orta
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Flossie Raymond
Spehr
Alvin and
Kar Ae
Marcheta
Rev
Spehr Flossie Raymond
Bill Glathar
Roger Diller
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