Lebanon Express Sept 17, 1919 MRS. MARIA MILLER ANSWERS LAST CALL Mrs. Marla A. Miller passed away at her home at Knox butte at five pm Monday evening, after being confined to her bed for the past four months. On May 19, Mrs. Miller, who at that time was visiting a daughter in Lebanon, suffered a stroke of paralysis from which she never fully recovered and on Saturday evening she had a second stroke, the end coming Monday night. Maria Miller was a member of a pioneer Oregon family, of '52, the daughter of the late Franklin and Mary Propst, was born July 5, 1856, near Knox Butte. On April 26 1877 Miss Propst was united in marriage to Mart Miller and went as a bride to the home at Knox Butte, were she pass the rest of her life. Mrs. Miller was the mother of seven children, three daughters and four sons, all of whom are living except one, Ernest, who passed was in January and who for twenty years previous had been a invalid and to whom Mrs. Miller had been a devoted and loving nurse as well as mother. When young, Mrs. Miller united with the Central Christian church and besides being a loyal church worker assisted in the Red Cross work during the war. The surviving children are: Mrs. Iona Warner of Garfield, WA.; Mrs. Eunice Warner of Lebanon, Mrs. Thomas Riley of Albany; Mrs. Docia Townes of Seattle, Ray Miller of Portland, Earle Miller who lives at home, and Fay Miller of Lebanon. There are two sisters, Mrs. Frank Butler of Lebanon and Mrs. Thomas Riley of Albany; and three brothers, Denver Propst of Denver, Colo.; A. C. Propst, of Central, and Leighton Propst of Lebanon. There are also four grandchildren. The funeral was held today at he Central church, Rev. G. W. Rohrbough, officiating.