Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in chemistry and a Master's degree in mathematics. He served two years in the U.S. Navy in California as a radio technician. He returned to the University of Texas in 1944 and obtained a Bachelor's degree in chemistry and a Master's degree in applied mathematics. He ranched in El Dorado and Ballinger, Texas, during the drought from 1951 to 1959. He moved to California in 1959 to work for North American Aviation near Los Angeles on the Minuteman missile. After spending 1970 as a commodities broker, he returned to North American Aviation Division of Rockwell to work on the B-1 bomber in the EMP shielding test lab. He wrote many articles and papers on shielding. One of several suggestions to Rockwell was patented. He retired from the B-1 Division in 1981. One highlight was EMI testing the space shuttle engine computer for a month at the Santa Susanna firing facility near Los Angeles. He consulted for Rockwell and G&H Technology on shielding. He set up Miller Enterprises to handle consulting, patents, and commodity market system development. He was active in his church and scouting.

John married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the age of 14 Vic was tangled while hitching a spirited team of horses. Tetanus had to be administered to safe his life, but one leg was amputated. Severed nerves would continue to cause him pain. However, it did not stop him from riding and driving or hunting and fishing.

After graduating with a degree in law, Vic joined his father’s bank in Ballinger and then managed his father-in-law’s compress business in Elgin. However, his father’s death brought financial disaster. He did manage to salvage the familiy home for his mother as well as a modest income. Determined to avoid his father’s countywide promotions, Vic dedicated his practice to the unfortunate, the small businessman, and the farmer. He often only accepted a day of yard work as his fee.

Vic tried his hand at a bottling works, a race for County Judge, and in dealing oil, cotton, grain, and livestock. After tiring of office work, he worked land that his father had sold to Julia, his wife. He converted the farm to ranch and registered the “Running V” brand.

He taught his children tennis and bridge as well as to swim, ride and shoot. He was loved by the youth of the community and would manage a picnic or camp for Boy Scouts or Camp Fire Girls. He suffered a head injury in an auto accident in Austin. He soldiered on for two months before passing away.

Died:
at 10 p.m. at his residence, 701 6th St.

Buried:
Plot: Sec 3, Lot 320A, Space 3

Quincy married Julia Lena VON ROSENBERG on 3 Jun 1916 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Julia (daughter of Carl Johannes VON ROSENBERG and Dorothea Elisabeth Charlotte MEYER) was born on 19 Jan 1896 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 8 Apr 1996 in Runnels County, Texas, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Julia was her mother’s companion, helper, and nurse in many family illnesses. She graduated from La Grange High School and then attended Texas Presbyterian College for one year. Due to her mother’s illness she did not return to college.

It was at a dance in Bellville that she met Victor Miller. He immediately proposed. She laughed. Vic was persistent, persuasive and “never dull.” Their wedding was a week-long affair with many guests. Their marriage was similar with guests invite for birthdays, reunions, trips, picnics, and camps. Julia arranged food, dishes, decorations for bridge parties, church functions, teas, sewing circles, house guests, and youth gatherings. She led a Camp Fire group, working in PTA, and held women’s offices in the Presbyterian church. She was also a popular Bible teacher and for five years sponsored a young women’s service sorority, Beta Sigma Phi. Julia enjoyed travel, entertaining, and letter writing. She also enjoyed gardening, bird watching, bridge playing, and raising canaries and tropical fish.

Buried:
Plot: Sec 3, Lot 320A, Space 4

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Died:
at 11:00 a.m. at Clinic Hospital Foundation

Harvey married Lula Lee FELTON. Lula was born on 13 Oct 1894 in Texas, USA; died on 9 Jan 1978 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]