Milligan - Max
Source: Waveland Independent, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, August 3, 1934
The entire community was shocked last Saturday morning when
the news of the sudden death of Max Milligan became known. Max
had not been feeling well for some days but was thought to be
recovering when an acute condition developed and he slipped away
into the Great Beyond with only a moments warning. Max had
operated the farm on which he and his mother lived since I his
father's death Dec. 17, 1932. He had been highly successful in
the management of the farm and was one of the best known and most
liked members of the community. Samuel Max Milligan was born in
Waveland, June 14, 1918, the son of Samuel and Mary McClain
Milligan. He was baptized by the Presbyterian Church in infancy
and had been closely affiliated with the Church throughout his
life. He graduated from the Waveland High School with the class
of '31. Surviving, besides the mother, are two uncles, J. M.
Mil1igan of Waveland, Frank Milligan of Houston, Texas. Three
aunts, Mrs. Chas, B. Taylor of Waveland, Mrs. Mary Shirk and Miss
Bessie McClain of Indianapolis, and a group of devoted cousins
and other relatives. Max's genial generous and happy disposition,
his thoughtful care and devotion to his mother-especially marked
since the father's death- had won for him the love and respect of
all who knew him. The constant stream of friends and neighbors
who passed through the room where the body lay attested to the
love and esteem in which he was held. His memory is a sweet
fragrance which will live on and on in our hearts.Funeral
services were held at the home at four o'clock on Monday
afternoon and the body was laid to rest beside the father in the
Presbyterian Cemetery in Waveland. Appropriate services were in
charge of. Rev. H. Ray Sigler, pastor of the Waveland
Presbyterian Church assisted by Rev. Wm. Smith of the Rockville
Memorial Church at Rockville. Soft strains of the o1d hymns were
played on the violin by Mrs. Waneta Kleiser Spruhan. The pall
bearers were Tom Ireland, Gordon Robison, John Milligan, Dick
Milligan, Roland Milligan and Marshall Hauser. The flowers were
carried by Julianna Johnson, Ruth Eckerly, Sue Gilliland, Martha
Dillman, Pauline Byrd; Jean Bain, Doma Rea Black, Irma Rambo,
Doris Loudermill, Myrtle Pope, Mary Lou Wright, Wanetah Hauser.
Among those from out of town who attended were the following: Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Totten and Mr. and Mrs. Win. McClain of Decatur,
Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rambo and daughter of Greencastle; Miss
Ruth Milligan, Stewart Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. John Hitz, and
Warren Bolinghouse of Indianapolis; Mrs. James Gilliland, Mr. and
Mrs. D. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McNutt, Dr. and Mrs. Ball and
Junior, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. George Reynolds,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spencer, Miss Gale Foster, Mr. and Mrs.
Leland Hitch, Mrs. Jessie Boyd of Crawfordsville; Dr. and Mrs. C.
W. McIntire and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Pyles of Marshall;
Byron Wilson of Waynetown; Dale Porter and Miss Effie Mankin of
Rockville; Mrs. Bert Wells, Miss Ruby Wells, Miss Mary Lou
Wright, Charles Swimford of Terre Haute; Warren Buchannon of
Bloomington; Miss Ruth Eckerly of Geneva; Miss Myrtle Pope of
Danville. -Contributed.