Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Insurance Investment Business

Notes:

For any of you who were unable to attend Jim's memorial service today, I wanted to attach the eulogy my husband, Pete, wrote for his good friend. Thank you again to Jay Walker for reading this in Pete's absence. In spite of the great sadness we all felt, it was a beautiful service. RIP Big JIm.

Here is the letter that was read:

I first met Jim in the summer of 1982 when I was working at Bud’s Amoco in Huxley, IA. As I am sure all of you will agree, meeting Jim for the first time is something you never forget. I remember standing in amazement as this huge truck with speed-boat attached pulled in for gas. As I walked out to his truck, I remember his boat had a motor big enough for 3 boats and enough beer coolers in the back for a spring break beach party. I was sure I couldn’t have been more in awe until from behind the gas pump appeared a giant of a man who reached out with a hand so big that when he shook mine it felt more like he was shaking my arm.
Immediately, he began asking me everything about my past- where I grew up, where I went to school and who my parents where. When Jim asked you something about your past he never forgot it. Little did I know that this day was the beginning of a friendship that would last for many years.
Over the next 6 years, I looked forward to the weekly conversations I had with Jim when he stopped in at the gas station. I can remember the day I told Jim that I was moving to Iowa City to attend Medical school at the University of Iowa. I am sure each of you can imagine the lecture I received from Jim, who everyone knows was a die-hard ISU alum. I must admit I took a verbal beating, but I also remember how proud he was of me when he shook my hand and wished me the best.
I always thought our paths would meet again, but little did I know it would be at one of Rick Putska’a wild game feeds and over a bowl of split beaver-tail soup. I can remember how happy I was to see Jim again but also how impressed I was that he remembered almost everything we had talked about 6 years prior. It was also at this time when I first met Sheryl. Over the next 20 years, Jim and Sheryl became close friends with my wife, Liz, and me. The memories we created together are some of the most cherished we have. Boating trips down the Mississippi river and fishing trips up in Ashland, Minnesota were always filled with Jim’s constant joking and laughter.
Jim just had a way of having fun and making those around him feel lucky to have him as a friend. It was fun to sit and have a beer with Jim, who commanded the room and the people around him, because he just enjoyed people. I must say I learned quickly that trying to keep up with Jim beer-for-beer was like trying to win the Boston Marathon by crawling thru the entire race… Impossible!
I always knew when Jim stopped by the clinic to visit. His voice and the laughter he created carried itself thru the office as Jim made his rounds from the front staff to the back offices. No one was safe when it came to his jokes about how short we all were or how we never let him eat the foods he wanted. Jim talked tough, but my nurses all said he was just a big Teddy Bear. It was obvious that Jim loved people, but it is more apparent that people loved Jim. He was always generous with his time, his resources, his compliments and a lesson for us all on how to live life to the fullest.
Everyone who knew Jim realized that two of his loves where hunting and fishing but more than these, his true loves in life where his wife Sheryl and his children. It was impossible to have a conversation with Jim that didn’t include him bragging about his family and their adventures and accomplishments. You young people made him so proud. Bryce, Janae and D.J., I hope you know that. I know he would want you to pick up and move ahead in a positive direction, in spite of the obvious hardships you have endured in the past few years, you can do this with the love and assistance from your family and friends. We’re all here for you.
And we all know how much he loved Sheryl-taking such protective and loving care of her as she battled brain cancer for 5 years and holding his family together through it all. To Jim, family meant everything, and it was obvious that Sheryl and his children were on a pedestal that only Jim was tall enough to reach.
We all have our own memories that we created with Jim. Whether he was your family member, your Ankeny High School or ISU basketball teammate, your insurance agent, your financial advisor, your hunting, fishing or boating friend, your neighbor, or just your friend--he wore many hats for sure. Fortunately for us, there will always be moments in our lives that will make us relive these memories and make us smile, but more importantly; make us realize that we are all better people because Jim was a part of our lives. It is these memories that we will cherish and hold onto so Jim will live forever in our hearts and minds.
Until we meet again, I will miss you my friend.

James married Knudsen, Sally in UNKNOWN, and was divorced in 1995. Sally was born in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Waal, Sheryl Vander on 31 Jul 1998 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA. Sheryl was born on 8 Jul 1964 in Pella, Marion, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Apr 2016 in Israel Family Hospice House, Ames, Story, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Miller, Bryce
2. Miller, Janae
3. Miller, James Donald Jr

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• Occupation: Farm Machinery Construction and Sales
• Residence: 1930, Liberty Township, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1935, Liberty Township, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1940, Dale Township, O'Brien, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Died:
Hospital

Donald married McQuigg, MARGARET Ellen on 30 Nov 1945 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA. MARGARET (daughter of McQuigg, Frederick Walter and Gould, Doris Alice) was born on 30 Oct 1922 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; died on 15 Feb 2004 in Israel Family Hospice House, Ames, Story, Iowa, USA; was buried on 18 Feb 2004 in Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

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• FSID: L847-RGJ
• Residence: 1900, Marcus, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1910, Marcus, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Military: Between 1917 and 1918, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, Marcus, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1925, Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Liberty Township, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1935, Liberty Township, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1935, Liberty Township, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1940, Dale Township, O'Brien, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Services held today for Chris Miller

Chris Miller, 78 years of age, passed away Saturday, March 15 at Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held today, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. in the Presbyterian church in Paullina with Rev. Robert Hickman officiating. Burial will be at the Marcus Amherst cemetery at Marcus, with Gaudian Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Miller was born Oct. 20. 1896, at Marcus and attended schools in that area. He farmed at Marcus until moving to a farm north of Paullina in 1939. In 1958 he retired and moved to Sauk Centre.

Survivors include the widow, Hattie; two sons, Donald of Ankeny, and Leland of Lawrence Kan.; seven grandchildren; one great grandchild; two brothers, John of Aurelia and Herman of Oyens; five sisters, Mrs. Marie Pallesen and Mrs. Martha Miller, both of Marcus, Mrs. Amelia Bogh of LeMars, Mrs. Rose Olsen of Lincoln, Neb., and Mrs. Esther Galvin of Cedar Rapids.

Paullina Times, Paullina, Iowa, March 20, 1975, P1

Christian married Lubbert, Henrietta Sophia on 24 Jan 1923 in Morrison, Minnesota, USA. Henrietta was born on 4 Jun 1898 in Swanville, Morrison, Minnesota, USA; died on 18 Jan 1994 in Evansville, Douglas, Minnesota, USA; was buried on 21 Jan 1994 in Marcus - Amherst Cemetery, Marcus, Cherokee, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: L847-RRL
• Residence: 1900, Afton Township, Howard, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1910, Afton Township, Howard, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, Liberty Township, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1935, Liberty Township, Cherokee, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1940, Dale Township, O'Brien, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Henrietta S. Miller passed away at Crestview Manor Nursing Home in Evansville, Minnesota, on Tuesday, January 18, 1994. She was 95 years, 7 months and 14 days old.

Henrietta was born on Swanville, MN, on June 4, 1898, to John and Bertha Lubbert. When she was one year old, the family moved to Riceville, IA, and returned to Swanville when she was six.

Henrietta and Chris Miller of Marcus, IA, were married January 20, 1923. They lived on a farm near Marcus, IA, and were the parents of three children, Donald, Evelyn and Lee. Evelyn and Lee died untimely deaths, leaving Donald as the only surviving son.

Chris died in 1972.

Henrietta lived alone in their home on the lake at Sauk Centre, MN, until she was 88 years old. She fished every day, had a wonderful flower and vegetable garden, and was busy each day. When she was 88, Donald convinced her to move near them. When Donald and wife, Maggie retired, they brought "Grandma" back to Minnesota to live at Southview Manor in Evansville, MN, near their retirement home. When her health became a problem in 1992, she entered the nursing home.

She suffered a stroke this past October and died quietly on Tuesday.

She is survived by her son, Donald and his wife, Maggie of Evansville, MN; seven grandchildren: Ellen Kohtz of Albion, NE, James Miller of Ames, I A, Mary Margaret Wennerstrum of Des Moines, IA, Dianne Miller of Aurora, OR, Shelley Miller of Lawrence, KS, Kim McBride of Omaha, NE, Byron Miller of Lawrence, KS; eight great-grand children: Chris, Jeffrey and Phillip Kohtz of Albion, NE, Jaimeson and Brian Wennerstrum of Des Moines, IA, Corrine and Erin McBride of Omaha, NE, Jeffrey Miller of Lawrence, KS; nieces, nephews and many new friends in Evansville and Ashby Presbyterian Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, one sister and two children.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. from the Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, January 21, 1994, with Rev. Lew Koerselman of Elbow Lake Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial was in the Marcus-Amherst Cemetery near Marcus, IA, at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 22nd. Following the interment service conducted by Bishop Curtis Miller, a reception for friends was held at the Paullina Presbyterian Church. Arrangements were under the care of the Anderson Funeral Home of Alexandria, MN.

Paullina Times, Paullina, Iowa, January 27, 1994, P3

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• Military: Iowa, PFC Infantry, WWI, Company H, 5th Replacement Regiment
• Nickname: Pop and Walt
• Occupation: Seed Salesman

Notes:

Was tall with dark brown hair.

A couple details. Frederick Walter McQuigg died in Sioux Falls, SD on February 2, 1965. It was horribly cold and icy and Linda's dad drove all day from Columbia to get there and Pop died before he could make it. He was so tired but we were so tired and glad to see him (because we waited a long time for him) and he barely got in the door of that waiting room and we jumped and said, "Oh, he is already dead!" and he just about collapsed like he had been punctured. We all got in our cars and drove to the air port in Sioux City, IA to meet Jerry flying in from KC. From Sioux City on to Schaller, it was Dottie and Jerry in their car (Dottie had been staying in Sioux Falls with Granny Mac for weeks while Pop died), Jim and Granny Mac in his car and me in mine (I had driven over from Owatonna, MN and stayed with them because he was so bad) on sheer ice. It was awful. Just don't know if you have ever heard that story. - Ruthie McQuigg

Frederick married Gould, Doris Alice on 7 Jun 1918 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA. Doris (daughter of Gould, George Bartholomew and Perrott, Sarah Ellen) was born on 16 Sep 1896 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; died on 11 Sep 1984 in Eastern Star Masonic Home, Boone, Boone, Iowa, USA; was buried on 13 Sep 1984 in Schaller Cemetery, Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Was tall with light brown hair. Sac County birth records list birth date as 16 Sep 1896 at 3PM.

Doris A. McQuigg, 87 to the Eastern Star Masonic home, died Sept. 11, 1984, at the home. She was born Sept. 16, 1896, in Schaller the daughter of George and Ellen Parrott Gould. She married F. W. McQuigg on June 7, 1918 at Madison, Wisconsin.
Mrs. McQuigg was a member of the Schaller Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary, and was a lifetime member and past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star chapter 386.
She was preceding death by her husband, one son, two sisters and one brother.
Survivors include three daughters, Margaret Miller of Ankeny, Doris Squibbs of Merriam, Kansas and Ruth McQuigg of Marshalltown; two sons, James of Columbia, Missouri and Bruce of Bloomington, Ind.; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 10 AM at the Schaller cemetery. The memorial prayers will be held at 11 AM at the Schaller Methodist Church with Rev. Pacifico G. Carmiarin Jr. officiating. Memorials may be given to the Eastern Star building fund. Stark- Wellin Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
This information is provided by the Republican, Boone, Iowa Wednesday September 12, 1984.

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• Nickname: Si
• Nickname: Si
• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Presbyterian
• Baptism: 26 Aug 1855, North Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Matilda Township, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1924, Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; Hanover Street

Notes:

Was tall and had dark hair. Margaret Miller has birth as 12 April 1856. The Canadian census has him being born in the year 1856

James married Casselman, Hester Ann on 15 May 1879 in Eureka Township, Sac, Iowa, USA. Hester (daughter of Casselman, Michael Henry and Weegar, Elizabeth) was born on 18 Nov 1853 in Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 May 1917 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; was buried after 10 May 1917 in Schaller Cemetery, Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Was tall, slim, and had medium brown hair.

Hester's obituary states that she died at Schaller, 10th May at about 8 o'clock. She was one of the older residents of the community. In the fall of 1878 the family come to Iowa, locating in Eureka township. On 18 May 1879 she married James D. McQuigg. The family number 7 children, 2 girls and 5 boys, one son died in infancy and Mrs. Martha Bennett 6 years ago, and from the shock of whose tragic death the mother never fully recovered.

The Schaller Herald
Schaller, Sac Co. Iowa

June 2, 1904
-Mr. and Mrs. Jas. I. MILL and Miss Nettie; Mr. and Mrs. J.D. McQUIGG and son Fred, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. BENNETT of Silver Creek. [Transcribers note: Lillie McQuigg is the sister of Mrs. W.J. Bennett per 23 Jun 1904]

Individuals: Cook, Lynne, Day / month of birth from Obituary. Obituary sates that she died at Schaller, 1oth May at about 8 o'clock.

Died:
Family Home

Notes:

Married:
Bride's Home

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer/Car Dealer

Notes:

Birth location also given as Fennimore, Grant County, Wisconsin in IGI 1553765. Was tall with dark hair. Birth records of Doris list George's occupation as "important merchant".

From the Wednesday, December 24, 1890 issue of THE STAR of Schaller, Sac County, Iowa:

Crystal Wedding

The friends of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Gould, to the number of fifty-two gathered at their pleasant commodious home in Eden township Friday evening, Dec. 19, to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding day. Mr. and Mrs. Gould were evidently not expecting to entertain friends that evening but soon adjusted themselves to circumstances and a very enjoyable time followed. After a bountiful supper Mr. John W. Martin in a neat little speech presented to Mr. and Mrs. Gould in behalf of their many friends, two beautiful easy chairs, a dinner sett composed of 112 pieces, a nice water sett, a pickle castor and $2.20 in money. Mr. Gould responded in a few feeling words and invited all to come again, singly or enmasse. It was noted that none of the Schaller friends were present although many of their names were on the list of contributors which was presented by Mrs. M. E. Wright to the happy pair.

Mrs. Gould's friends from Wisconsin greatly wished to be present but were unable to come although her father, Mr. Borah was respresented on the list by a $2.00 contribution.

We hope that Mr. and Mrs. Gould may live to celebrate their golden wedding and that happiness and prosperity may ever be theirs.

GEORGE B. GOULD.

This is the era of the installation and use of modern machinery and the
prolific use of the automobile in lightening the former heavy task which fell
to the lot of the average farmer. No one knows the value of labor saving
machinery better than the modern farmer. In every department of his work,
from plowing the land to harvesting the crops, inventive genius has sought
to save him time, expense and labor, and, at a reduced cost, increase and
improve his products and add to the productive value of his land. As a re-
sult, the farm of toda}-, when completely erjuipped, affords its owner an ease
and facility of operation that his father before him would never have dreamed
was possible. The automobile, too, has done much to add to the ease and
profit of farm life and work. Time is money to the farmer as much as to
the man in any other walk of life. To "hitch up" and drive to the nearest
town takes time; the automobile saves three-fourths of it. It serves, too,
in carrying small produce to market and it affords a quicker means of trans-
portation from one part of the farm to another than the horse affords. Ap-
parently the most highly developed industry in Sac county and western Iowa
akin to the developm.ent of agriculture and indicative of the great prosperity
of the region is the automobile business. No town is too small to afford its
garage and place of distribution, and some of them boast several finelv equip-
ped sales rooms and repair departments. In this connection we find that an
agriculturist, George B. Gould, quick to see to what extent this industry
would be developed on account of the demands of the times, established the
Gould automobile sales rooms and garage in Schaller in 191 1. The fore-
sight and business acumen which made him a successful farmer has alike
enabled him to make a success of this business venture. In the fall of 1912
he began the erection of a large concrete structure, thirty-five bv seventv-five
feet in dimension, for a sales room, with a modernly equipped repair shop
twenty-five by fifty feet in extent, and completed the building in May, 1913.
Three men are employed. This concern sells such well known makes as the Jeffrey line, which includes the Ramljler and the New Jeffrey car. the Moon, the Overland and the Maxwell.

George B. Gould was born June 6, 1855, in Grant county. Wisconsin,
the son of Chauncey and Flavia A. (Brusseau) Gould. His father was a
native of, Vermont and his mother is a native of Canada, of French ancestry.
Her father was a Frenchman, who married a lady of English birth.
Chauncey Gould left Vermont in about the year 1853, journeyed to Wiscon-
sin and settled on a farm in Grant county. In 1885 he migrated to Sac county so as to be in the proximity of his son George. For some years he resided on a farm near Schaller and then retired to the town. He died in December, 1900. Mrs. Gould resides with her daughter in Correctionville, Iowa, and is over eighty years of age. Two children were born to them, George B. with whom this narrative deals, and Mrs. Emma Borah, who resides on a farm about four miles from Correctionville.

He whose name forms the caption of this review came to Sac county in
the month of May, 1876, while not yet of age, and settled on three- hundred
and twenty acres of land in section 33, Eden township, paying therefor five
dollars and forty cents an acre, the year previous to his real settlement in the
county. His first dwelling place was a small house sixteen by twenty-four
feet in dimension, which he has twice remodeled from the original plan. It
is a remarkable fact and a typical illustration of the great rise in land values
that the annual rental which Mr. Gould now receives from this farm is more
than the original cost, the rental being eight dollars an acre. Later he bought
six hundred and forty acres additional at seven dollars and fifty cents an acre,
in Minnesota, which has since become very valuable. He resided on his Eden
township farm for twenty-five years and in 1903 he removed to Schaller.

Mr. Gould is a Progressive Republican politically. While not a member
of any church, he firmly believes in the usefulness of church organizations
as having an excellent moral effect in any community and is a liberal giver
to the cause of religion. The members of his family are attendants at the
Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of the Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons and the Modern Woodmen.

Mr. Gould has been twice married. His first wife was Margaret Borah,
of Wisconsin, whom he espoused in 1875, and who died in 1891 at the age of
thirty-three years, leaving three children: Samuel C, a dentist in Ashton,
Illinois: Pearl L., wife of Professor Eells, superintendent of the Rolfe, Iowa,
public schools : Margaret, whose birth was the unfortunate time of her
mother's death, and who likewise died in 19 11 at the age of twenty years.
Mr. Gould was again married on December 4, 1895, to Ella Parrott, a lady

842 SAC COUNTY, IOWA.

of English nativity and who came to America with her parents when thirteen
years of age and settled at Dyersville, Iowa, and later came to Schaller. One
child has blessed this union, Doris A., who is a student in the Schaller high
school. Pronounced attainments and recognized ability in two well defined
and important lines, in each of which he has been successful, characterizes

George B. Gould, who would have been 90 June 26, died his home here Tuesday afternoon following a short illness. The funeral will be this afternoon at 2:30 at the home of his son-in-law and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McQuigg. Rev. Moore G. Bell of the First Presbyterian Church, his pastor, will conduct the service. Burial arrangements are in charge of the George S. Knowles funeral home.
Schaller second oldest resident, Mr. Gould came here when he was 21 from Grant Co., WI his father, Chauncy Gould, had brought land Eden Twp. before there was a town here and his son came to look after it for him bringing his bride, nee Margaret Borah. The farm was grassland and he found here quail and prairie chickens in abundance.
Mrs. Gould passed away in 1893. Four children were born to this union, all are deceased. They were Dr. Samuel C. Gould of Madison, WI. Maude who died in infancy; Mrs. Harry Pearl Eells of Cedar Falls; and Margaret who died at 19.
Five years later, Mr. Gould married miss Ella Perrott, who died in 1925. Mrs. Walter Doris McQuigg is the only child of this marriage.
Later, Mr. Gould married Miss Minnie Cameron, of Ontario Canada, who survives him.
Farmer and businessman, Mr. Gould made many contributions to the growth of this community, his continuous home, some 70 years. He was a member of the Schaller Presbyterian Church, a 32nd degree Mason, member of the Eastern Star and attended all of them regularly as that long as his health permitted.
Besides the survivor and widow and daughter, there are several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
This information was published by The Schaller Herald, May 11, 1945. KW

George married Perrott, Sarah Ellen on 4 Dec 1895 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA. Sarah (daughter of Perrott, Cornelius and Baker, Phoebe Ann) was born on 7 Feb 1859 in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England; died on 9 Sep 1925 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; was buried after 9 Sep 1925 in Schaller Cemetery, Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Nickname: Ella
• Occupation: Housewife
• Departure: 1872, England
• Residence: 1925, Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; Main Street

Notes:

Was short, stout, with curly red hair.

Birth:
Peter Street