Emma Grindel

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Died:
MRS. EMMA ANN TILLER

Funeral services were Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Vase Chapel for Mrs. Emma Ann Tiller, who died Wednesday afternoon at a Glenwood Springs, Colo., hospital.

Richard James, president of the Lyman Stake Mission of the LDS Church, officiated. Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery.

Mrs. Tiller, 83, a former longtime resident of Rock Springs, moved to Carbondale, Colo., four years ago. She had been ill 18 days and hospitalized eight days.

She was born May 9, 1881, in Germany.

Her husband, James, died Dec. 28, 1956.

Survivors are two sons, William Tiller, Rock Springs, and Clarance Tiller, Carbondale; one daughter, Mrs. Irene Wiggins, Macon, Mo.; two brothers, Fred Grindel, Long Beach, Calif., and Gus Grindel, Decatur, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Jones, Illinois; Mrs. Mary Moore, Macon, Mo., and a sister living in Denver, Colo.; several grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Gene E. Smith, David Dillon, Russell Waters, Clarence Tiller, William Tiller and Jimmy Tiller.

Emma married James Tiller on 12 Jan 1903 in Macon Co, MO. James (son of T Floyd Tiller and Missouri Cathern Musser) was born on 6 Jul 1880 in Boyd Co, KY; died on 28 Dec 1956 in Sweetwater Co, WY; was buried in Sweetwater Co, WY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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First married Thomas John Nizzi, Sr. on 21 Feb 1921 by B. R. Williams, Probate Judge, in Macon, Macon County, Missouri. She next married Henry Miller Wiggins on 12 Aug 1950 by Rev. Joseph Knierim, Presbyterian Minister, in Macon, Macon County, Missouri.

Family/Spouse: Thomas John Nizzi. Thomas was born on 3 Jun 1898 in Italy; died on 11 Dec 1945 in Macon Co, MO; was buried in Macon Co, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
CLARENCE TILLER SR.

Funeral services for Clarence Tiller Sr., 57, of Carbondale, Colo., former Rock Springs resident who died suddenly following a heart attack at his home Saturday morning, May 10, were held Thursday afternoon at Vase Funeral Home in Rock Springs.

Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery. Pallbearers were Volder Courtier, Jackson R. Forbes, William Domson, Joseph Tardoni, and George and Wayne Rogers.

The son of the late James and Emma Grindill Tiller, Mr. Tiller was born at Bevier, Mo.; July 11, 1911. He was a former long-time resident of Rock Springs, leaving this city 10 years ago, after the mines closed. He had lived in Carbondale since that time.

At the time of his death, Mr. Tiller was a mine foreman for Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Co.

Surviving are his wife, the former Grace Jackson, Carbondale; three sons, John David, Clarence Jr. and James Charles, and one daughter Clairann, all of Carbondale; one brother, Bill, Carlsbad, N.M.; one sister, Mrs. Irene Wiggins, Macon, Mo., and several nieces and nephews.

One son, William, preceded him in death.

Clarence married Grace Jackson on 27 Nov 1937 in Daggett Co, UT. Grace and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]