Mary Evelyn "Mayme" McMillen
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - October 7, 1927
MISS MAYME McMILLAN [sic.] DEAD.
Miss Mayme McMILLAN [sic.] of Red Cliff died at the hospital in Salida last Tuesday night. Miss McMILLAN [sic.] was taken seriously ill in Eagle Sunday afternoon with a bowel trouble while visiting her sister, County Superintendent of Schools, Dora GREINER, who has been critically ill at her home in Eagle for several weeks.
Miss McMILLAN [sic.] was taken to Salida Sunday evening, where the attending physician stated that she arrived too late for an operation to be of any benefit, and gave the stricken lady only a few hours to live. The end came about nine o'clock Tuesday evening.
The body has been returned to Red Cliff for burial, but arrangements for the funeral have been delayed pending the arrival of a sister, Mrs. M. J. HENRY, who lives in Kansas City.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - October 14, 1927
Miss Mary Evelyn McMILLEN, daughter of William and Sarah E. McMILLEN, was born in Athens county, Ohio, September 11, 1868. At the age of two years she came with her parents to Chapman, Dickinson county, Kan. The family remained in Kansas until 1880, when they immigrated to Red Cliff, Colo. Miss McMillen had resided in Red Cliff continuoysly since that time.
The immediate relatives of Miss McMILLEN who are left to mourn her loss, are three sisters: Mrs. Dora GREINER, county superintendent of schools of Eagle county; Mrs. Elizabeth DaLEE of Red Cliff, and Mrs. Gertrude HENRY of Kansas City, Mo. Besides many nephews and nieces and grand nephews and grandnieces, and a great many loving friends.
Her father,mother and one brother have preceded her into the Great Beyond, and one sister, Mrs. Sarah HUNTER. Miss McMILLEN made a home for, reared, and educated her two nieces, the daughters of Mrs. HUNTER, and took care of her father and mother in their declining years.
Miss McMILLEN impressed one as being a person who, while unassuming, was capable, with plenty of strength of character--a thoroughly good woman who was more than ready to do her share in making the burdens of human life lighter for someone. Her life has been one of splendid ideals of service and she was the instrument of much good. The large assemblage of friends and relatives who gathered in the church for the funeral services was a testimonial to the high esteem in which she was held as a citizen, neighbor and relative. All mourn her departure as a distinct loss.
Miss McMILLEN was taken sick while visiting her sister, Mrs. Dora GREINER, in Eagle Sunday, October 1, and was taken to Salida for treatment, but was beyond human aid, and died at the hospital October 5. She was buried at Red Cliff October 8.
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - October 14, 1927
CARD OF THANKS.
To Our Dear Friends and Neighbors: Your loving friendship and kindly help throughout the illness and death of our beloved sister and aunt, Mary E. McMILLEN will never be forgotten. The beautiful flowers were a silent tribute of the loving thoughts of her many friends at the close of an unselfish life. Mrs. Dora GREINER, Mrs. Elizabeth DaLEE, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. HENRY and family; Mr. and Mrs. J. LIVINGSTON, John McLEOD, Jack ELLIOTT, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. ELLIOTT and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. MARTS and family, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. DaLEE and family, Richard DaLEE.
