Palo Alto Reporter Palo Alto County, Iowa Friday, August 24, 1894 DEATH SUMMONS John Millea Passes Away Saturday. Death has again invaded the ranks of the early settlers of Palo Alto and bade Mr. John Millea to answer to his summons on the other shore. Early last spring Mr. Millea had a severe attack of the grippe from which he never completely recovered. It finally became complicated with other difficulties which resulted in his demise last Saturday evening. Mr. Millea was born in the County Kilkenny, Ireland, in the year 1819, and emigrated and settled in Illinois sometime during the year 1854. He remained but three years in Illinois when he removed to the vicinity of Marengo, Iowa, where he continued to reside until 1868, when he came to Palo Alto county and settled on a farm a few miles north of this city. Mr. Millea was a man who was universally respected and was noted for his strict honesty in all business transactions. The funeral service took place in the Catholic church Monday, at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J.J. Smith. The procession which followed the remains to the cemetery was one of the longest that has ever occurred in this city. Cathy Joynt Labath (not related) Irish in Iowa http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/paloalto/index.htm Iowa Old Press http://www.IowaOldPress.com/