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Alice L. Miller

 

Born: 5 Apr 1918, WI

 

Parents: Frank D. Miller and Iva Banks

 

Siblings:  Thieron,  Arthur Lee,  Nelly Mae,  Ira

 

Marriages:

First marriages to Charles Homolka and Sandy Walkup (order unknown)

then to Martin Hjortland circa 1936

 

Children:  Martin Jon, Bonnie, Kristi and Sondra. Donald and Marceil were very young children of widower Martin Hjortland when he married Alice.

 

Death: 19 Dec 2001

Obituary from the Mundelein Illinois News:
Alice Hjortland Walkup
Age 83 of Long Lake and Marco Island, Fla. passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2001 at Victory Lakes Continuing Care Center, Lindenhurst. She is survived by her children, Donald (Sandy) Hjortland of Long Lake, Marcel (Skip) Piels of Geneva, Bonnie Uyttebroeck of Long Lake, Kristi (Mike) Bertolette of Ft. Collins, Colo and Martin Jon (Cindy) Hjortland of Long Lake; 14 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husbands Martin Hjortland, Charles Homolka and Sandy Walkup; her daughter, Sondra and and a great grand daughter.
Burial site not indicated.

 

Alice and 4 of her 5 children, date unknown

Alice and Iva circa 1928

 

Alice and her family on her 80th birthday

L-R: Kristi, Bonnie, Don, Alice, Marceil and Marty. (note daughter Sondra died in auto accident)

 

Notes from stepson Donald:

Alice Miller was my step mother, my dad Martin O Hjortland married her whe he was 40 and she was 18, approx 1936. She was the only mother I ever knew as my mother died in childbirth when I was 4. They had a very good life together for many years; dad died in 1971 and Alice in 1991. I never knew Frank Miller as Alice’s mother was then married to Colonel Wixom. We called her Bobby. They lived with us for a number of years in Long Lake, IL. She was a good hearted women but a tough taskmaster. Colonel was a big guy, his ring was too big for my thumb. I remenber one instance where my father and I were trying to lift a large concrete flowerpot and could not. Colonel walked over picket it up and said “where do you want it?”

I knew Alice’s brother Theron was killed in a plane crash but I never heard anything about his wife not wanting him to go. As you know Nelly died very young. Art and Ira were both pretty heavy drinkers. I remember one time Art got into a bad way, drinking and no money and Dad took him and his wife and kids in and they lived with us for a while. Dad gave him a job and he was supposed to lay off the the booze but it didn’t work out and they moved on.

Alice always said she was Scotch-Irish, among some other things. She always said she was a Mongrel so when daughter Sondra was filling out grade school papers she put Mongrel for her mothers ancestry.

Census:

1930 WI Census, Rock Co, Janesville:
Frank Miller, head of house, renting at $55/mo. Owns radio. White male, age 50, married, at age 19, able to read and write. Born in Nebraska, Father born in Indiana, mother WI. Works as “checker” at Chevrolet Motors. Not a veteran.
Iva, wife, white female age 48, married at age 17. Born Wi, both parents born WI.
Arthur, son, age 21, single, not attended school within past year. Born in WI, not currently employed
Ira, son age 14, single, born WI, currently attending school
Alice, daughter, age 12, currently attending school
4 roomers living with them or at same address.

 

1920 WI Census, Rock Co Janesville, Terrace St.
Frank Miller, head of house, renting, age 40, married, able to read, write and speak English, born Nebraska, Father born Indiana, mother born WI. Employed as cook in cafe.
Iva, wife age 38, able to read, write and speak English. Born in WI, both parents born WI
Theiron, son, age 13, single
Arthur, son, age 10, Nelly, daughter, age 7, Alice, daughter, age 1 9/12, Ira, son, age 3

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