William J. “Buddy” MillisAge: 851925–2011
- Name
- William J. “Buddy” Millis
- Given names
- William J.
- Surname
- Millis
- Nickname
- Buddy
| Birth | April 25, 1925 19 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Edward Hudson McVeen September 25, 1926 (Age 17 months) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: death certificate Text: Edward Hudson Mcveen
occupation: pattern maker
father: Samuel Mcveen, born in Canada
mother: Mcdonald born in US Source: memory of Nancy Stutz Butler Text: Ed McVeen committed suicide by cutting his throat under an elm tree where Ruth Wakefield Stutz later had a house built (5550 Huron St., Vermilion), "Suicide Elm." |
| Military | U. S. Navy between 1941 and 1945 (Age 15) |
| Death of a father | John J. “Jack” Millis April 13, 1941 (Age 15) Source: memory of Nancy Stutz Butler Text: A few days later Olive heard the phone and, thinking it was the hospital calling about Buddy, rushed downstairs to answer, fell, & broke both arms. She managed to pick up the phone; it was Amer. Shipbuilding in Lorain saying that Jack had been killed on the job. |
| Marriage of a parent | Frederick Alexander Groeger — Olive M. McVeen — View family June 27, 1942 (Age 17) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Emma Sarah Poley January 14, 1944 (Age 18) Source: familysearch.org Publication: www.FamilySearch.org Citation details: Emma S. McVeen, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953" Text: Emma S. McVeen
death
14 Jan 1944
Euclid, Cuyahoga, Ohio
widowed
Father's name Thomas C. Poley
Mother's name Emma Tyne
spouse's name Edward H. McVeen Note: Mother's name was Emma Hart Sceats. |
| Death of a mother | Olive M. McVeen November 1967 (Age 42) |
| Death of a wife | Bernice Peterson 1992 (Age 66) |
| Death of a sister | Alice Mae Millis October 20, 2010 (Age 85) |
| Occupation | auto body repair Employer: Self |
| Death | February 24, 2011 (Age 85) |
| Religion | First Presbyterian Church |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
John J. “Jack” Millis Death: April 13, 1941 — Lorain, Ohio |
| mother |
Olive M. McVeen Birth: January 17, 1906 39 36 — Ohio Death: November 1967 — Grassy, Bollinger, Missouri |
| elder sister |
Alice Mae Millis Birth: May 30, 1923 17 — Ohio Death: October 20, 2010 — Hammond, Louisiana |
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23 months |
William J. “Buddy” Millis Birth: April 25, 1925 19 — Vermilion, Erie, Ohio Death: February 24, 2011 — Elyria, Ohio |
| sister |
| Mother’s family with Frederick Alexander Groeger - View family |
| step-father |
Frederick Alexander Groeger Birth: 1897 — |
| mother |
Olive M. McVeen Birth: January 17, 1906 39 36 — Ohio Death: November 1967 — Grassy, Bollinger, Missouri |
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Marriage: June 27, 1942 — Erie, Ohio |
| Family with Bernice Peterson - View family |
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William J. “Buddy” Millis Birth: April 25, 1925 19 — Vermilion, Erie, Ohio Death: February 24, 2011 — Elyria, Ohio |
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| wife |
Bernice Peterson Death: 1992 — |
| son |