MILLIGAN, Samuel Max - Putnam

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 we ll 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 his father's death Dec. 17, 1932. He had been highly successful in t he 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 1 4, 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. Milligan 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 la id 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 Memo rial 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 Hause r. 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. a nd Mrs. Henry Rambo and daughter of Greencastle; Miss Ruth Milligan, Stewa rt Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. John Hitz, and Warren Bolinghouse of Indianapoli s; 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.   -- kbz

Max Milligan, of Milligan, died Saturday morning, he was the only child of Mrs. Milligan and the late Samuel Milligan, who died two years ago. (Russellville News)   --- thanks so much to Marilyn Walker for sharing her Roachdale Times obituary collection - greatly appreciated.