William "Willie" Greiner
Marriages
Dorothea "Dora" McMillen Greiner - 1881
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise - September 13, 1912
Wm. GREINER DEAD. Death came to Wm. GREINER at his home in Red Cliff last Tuesday. He was about 60 years of age and came to Eagle county in 1880, being one of the first settlers at Red Cliff.
The funeral was held at Red Cliff yesterday afternoon and was attended by many old friends of the deceased from various sections of the county. Interment was made in Red Cliff cemetery.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page page 1 - February 24, 1928
MRS . GREINER DIES
With the death of Dorothea Greiner at her home in Eagle Tuesday afternoon , February 21 , passed one of the noblest souls of Colorado , one of the state s staunchest pieneers and Eagle county lost one of her most beloved and respected women That her last days should have been passed in so much suffering is to be sadly regretted , but her noble spirit fought bravely against giving up its earthly rriould to the last , never for one moment thinking but that she would recover her health again and resume her activities for the schools of the connty , a work in which she took great delight . Dorothea McMillen was born of pioneer stock in Coolvllle , Athens county . Ohio , January 21 , 1861 . While a small child her parents moved to th * state of Kansas , she accompanying them . While she was in the first blossom of womanhood , the family , drawn by the lure of the minss of the mountains , came to Colorado . In 1880 Dorothea first came to Red Cliff , young healthy and full cf life , well educated , she fell at one into the Hie of the
mining camp , then in the flush of excitement of its first year . This was then a part of Summit county , and schools or other civic organizations had not yet been formed . But that year , with the coming of many families with children , the first school was organized in what was to soon afterward become Eagle county , at Red Cliif , and the talented Miss McMillen elected to teach it . Thus she started education in this county , and nearly fifty years later died in the harness , es superintendent cf our county school system . In 1 SS 1 the deceased was wooed and won in marriaee by William Greiner , then a datehlng young miner of the h oom mining camp , and the couple was destined to become prominent in •verv phase of the growth cf the new
country in which they had cast their lot . William Greiner made one of the famous strikes of the early days ot the camp , rn Horn Silver mountain—the m king its name from ihe chfti r o \ tftere by ne- one tn the annals of th inn owner a considerable f- ¦ ; - Dg During these days of p r ng thru rrlage , Mr . Greiner war- constantly aecomi by his br ! d rn lor the election by his talented wife . In fat , during her husbands life she was always at his side , thru stress of misfortune or strife , through happiness and fortune , a true helpin every sense .
While occupied with the more serious prcblems of life , the young couple found time to be the center of ail social affairs of the early days of the thriving mining camp an _ no function was a succes without their leadership and participation . One child , a daughter , was born to this couple , who died at the blossoming ol womanhood , when but 18 years of age . Mrs . Grelner s husband also preceded her in death , having died in 1912 , being at that time mar . ^ hal of the town of Red Cliff .
In 1924 , Mrs . Greiner was nominated by the Republican party as Its candidate for county superintendent of scheols . and was elected by a large majority . Again In 1926 , she was reelected , and was serving in that position when death laid Us claim .
Several months ago she began to fall iu health , and was stricken with a malady which gradually ate her life away , and finally conquered her indomitable spirit . During the past months , bedfast most of the time , she put up a braVe fight against the grim reaper , and never gave up that the end was near and each day attended to the routine office duties of her position from her bed of suffering . With out question one of less determination and of weaker will power would have given up and passed on months before did this splendid woman .
Of the immediate relatives there are left to mourn hr death Only the two sisters . Mrs . M . J . Henry , residing in as City , Mo ., and Mrs . Elizabeth DaLee . The latter wan with her beloved sister constantly during her last illness , and . with her son , Richard , devotedly cared for her duerlnj hours and days of suffering . The history of Eagle county Will net be eo tout the life of Mrs . Dora Greiner between for the two are one and inseparable over a period of nearly one-hal
The bo ipared for bi -for . ician O . \ V . M . y < r o . Simple s-rvic held in le by Rev . A . R . Dennis Wed day ftfterncon , following which the remains were placed on train No . 16 to ; tken to Red Cliff to be buried beside the bodies of her beloved husband and daughter . Funeral services will held in Red Cliff this , Friday , afternoon .
