Batavia, Genesee County, NY Batavia paper - probably the Daily May 6, 1905 VICTIM OF A CANCER EXPIRED SUDDENLY PLAN TO REMOVE WILLIAM MILLER'S STOMACH William MILLER of No. 5 Prune street died suddenly at 6:25 o'clock last evening at the hospital, where he was taken yesterday morning, in anticipation of an operation today for the removal of his stomach, which was to have been performed by Dr. MANSPERGER of Buffalo, assisted by Dr. Frank TOZIER, Mr. MILLER'S physician, and others. Mr. MILLER had been suffering from cancer of the stomach for some time. He was told that the only chance for his life was to have his stomach removed and that there were only three cases on record where patients had survived such an operation. He expressed a desire to have the operation performed and so he was taken to the hospital yesterday morning. Dr. Frank TOZIER called there about 6 p.m. to see him and to administer a stomach wash. "Mr. MILLER strained and retched very much while receiving the wash," Dr. TOZIER said today, "as his stomach was extremely irritable. Just after I had finished irrigating him he was suddenly seized with an attack of collapse, which appeared to be apoplexy, and passed into immediate unconsciousness, dying within 15 minutes. I believe that on account of his straining and the very poor condition of his arteries that he ruptured a blood vessel in his brain and that that was the cause of his death." Mr. MILLER was born in Germany 66 years ago on March 3d and came to Batavia from Buffalo eight years ago. His wife died on April 24, 1904. He is survived by two sons, Adam MILLER of Schuylerville and Fred MILLER of Batavia, and four daughters, Mrs. Adolph SCHLENKER and Mrs. Fred COLEMAN of Buffalo, Mrs. Thomas BERNARD of Dansville and Mrs. Joseph MURK of Auburn. The funeral will be held from the family residence at 2 p.m. on Monday and the interment will be in Elmwood cemetery. ************************************ Submitted by Joan Falcone Arnold - Jma8763@aol.com Copied from Obit books at Genesee County History Department NY-OLD-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com