Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Ansel W. Millar

April 9, 1913 - June 11, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 6/13/1994

NEW CARLISLE - Ansel W. Millar, 81, of Rosewood Road, died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday in his home of natural causes. Mr. Millar was a retired farmer. He was born April 9, 1913, in Ludington, Mich., and lived in New Carlisle most of his life.

 

On June 19, 1936, in Lydick, he married Esther Ella Whitesel. She died July 24, 1993. She is survived by three sons, William of North Liberty, and David and Douglas, both of New Carlisle; six grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; two sisters, Hope Scrogin of Corvalis, Ore., and Miriam Scrogin of Corona, Calif.; and a brother, Northup of South Bend. He was a board member of Mount Pleasant Cemetery and served on the St. Joseph County Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Service Committee, St. Joseph County Extension Board, St. Joseph County 4-H Advisory Board, Warren Township 4-H Advisory Board and Farmers Home Administration Board.

 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St., South Bend. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Joseph County 4-H Scholarship Fund, 5117 S. Ironwood Road, South Bend, IN 46614 or any library.