Ida Mae Good about 1920
1916 Chester Jr Miller, son of Chester Colwell Miller and Maeda Christina Schmidt, was born on September 9, 1916 at Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Colwell was a dentist. [1]
1919 Ida May Good, daughter of Irby J. Good and Mable Rivir, was born at 9:50 AM on March 25 at University Heights, Marion County, Indiana. [2]
1920 Irby Good was a college president with wife Mabel and children Julia (age 10), Lowell (age 8), and Ida M (age 11 months) lived at University Heights, Perry Twp, Marion County, Indiana. [3] [4]
1920 Jack Miller (age 3, born in Indiana, single), son, lived in Guilford, Hendricks County, Indiana, in a household with Chester Miller (age 43), Maeda Miller (age 41), and Asher Miller (age 10). Jack Miller's parents were both born in Indiana. [5]
c 1924 Mabel and Irby Good and Ida Mae. Is that aunt Essie Rogers Good? Is that aunt Mary Cleaver Good? Who are the other children? When was it taken?
1921 There was a Good family reunion at Lake Shipshewana.
1923 Brother William visited Irby Good in Indianapolis. These photos were taken in the summer at an "Indianapolis park".
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1925
1926 Jack C Miller was admitted to the Plainfield Monthly Quaker Meeting in Hendricks County, Indiana. [6]
1930 Ida Mae Good (age 11) lived in Indianapolis with her parents. [7]
1930 John C Miller (age 13, born in Indiana, single), son, lived in Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana, in a household with Chester Miller (age 53), and Maida C Miller (age 51). John C Miller's parents were both born in Indiana. [8]
1933 Irby's family visited uncle Henry at his home at 506 3rd St in St Petersburg in June. Cousin Margaret had a boyfriend, Harlan Gregory. They visited Madeira Beach.
1935 Ida Mae attended Shortridge High School in Indianapolis. [11]
1940 Ida May Good (age 21, born in Indiana, single), daughter, lived in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, in a household with Irby Good Jr (age 55), and Mabel J Good (age 53). The highest grade of school she had completed was College, 4th year. [12]
1940 John Miller (age 23, born in Indiana, single) lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. John Miller was a rumateat business. The highest grade of school he had completed was College, 4th year. [13]
1940 John Chester Miller, age 24, registered for the draft on October 15 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born on September 9, 1916, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He had characteristics: Black hair, Brown eyes, 170 weight, and 5 11 height. [14]
1948 Ida Mae attended Columbia University.
1950 Both Jack and Ida Mae were members of the Quaker Church, but attended different monthly meetings after Jack's first wife died. Some friends decided that they would be a good couple and created a situation where they met at church. Just to make sure that the opportunity was not missed, one friend pointed out Ida Mae to Jack as the good looking lady in the church choir. Although it took a few weeks for them to arrange their first date, events took their natural course and they were married in Indianapolis on May 6. [15]
The Good siblings got together often. Here is a partial report from the 1956 Good-Rohrer reunion. [Photocopy] List of attendees at 1956 Good reunion. [Lists of attendees of other Good reunions 1956-1959 have been preserved, but are not reproduced here]
1952 John C and Ida M. Miller lived at 434 N Delaware, Indianapolis, Indiana. [22]
1973 Ida Mae Good Miller was listed in Who's Who. [23]
"The tours and visits to restaurants make this Elderhostel special" said Jack Miller of Plainfield. Ind. He and his wife Ida Mae have attended Elderhostel programs in nearby states, but the one in Indianapolis is their favorite. "More than 50 percent of the participants come back year after year." Miller said. The Millers have enjoyed the Elderhostel so much they recruited family members Elsie Good, who lives in New Jersey, and Julia Wolfe, who lives in California, to Join the fun.
"It's very convenient because it comes right after alumni week every year," said Wolfe. "Ida. Elsie and I all went to school here. It gives us time to visit and learn, too."
1989 Julia Wolfe, Ida Mae Miller, and Elsie Good were interviewed for the Alumni News when they visited the University of Indiana for the homecoming reunion. [26]
Ida Mae Miller's carrer differed from her sister's, although she too has been a musician. 'I began music lessons at the age of five, from teachers at the college, and continued summers and after school,' she said. 'When I was 10, my father decided I should have art lessons, too, so I took general handcrafts in the morning, watercolor in the afternoon. At that early age, I was attending classes with college students.' … she took up the violin in 1929. While attending high school she played viola in the school orchestra. 'Then I was asked to play with an Indiana string quartet. We played at different places, sometimes high school commencements. As a junior in high school I started taking voice lessons at the college from Esther Becker, and studied with her from 1933 to 1952.' Ida Mae graduated from Indiana Central in 1939 and posted, she said, two years to earn a social science and home economics degree. 'I taught two years in Indianapolis schools and was in the Army (Women's Army Corps) for two and a half years.' She was stationed at Presque Isle, Maine, where she 'got started in library work,' in London, England, and Cincinnati, Ohio. 'Taking advantage of the GI Bill, I was in three schools at one time - Indiana Central, Jordan College of Music and Indiana University Extension.' After earning a library degree from Columbia University, Ida Mae worked for the Indianapolis Public Library. In 1950 she married Butler graduate John 'Jack' Miller. 'And here are my two attendants,' she said with a smile, indicating her sister and sister-in-law. In June 1952, she earned another bachelor's in music at Jordan. Mrs. Miller returned to work at the Plainfield Public Library in 1966, and from 1973 to 1981 at the Indiana Historical Society Library. She and her husband, an accountant who retired from Allison's in 1980, have four children: Susan, Julia, David, and Carls, and four grandchildren.
1991 Ida Mae Miller, librarian, married, daughter of Irby J Good and Mabel Iota Good, spouse of John Miller, died on April 3, 1991, at age 72, in Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana. Ida Mae Miller was born on March 25, 1919, in Marion County, Indiana. John Miller was the informant. [27] [28]
1991 Ida Mae Good Miller died on April 10 and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [29] [30]
Ida Mae Good was a native of Indianapolis. She graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis. She had degrees in music, English, social studies, and home economics from Indiana Central College. She also studied at Columbia and Butler Universities. Ida Mae served in World War II in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in London from 1943-45 and then lived most of her life in Plainfield, Indiana. She worked as a public school teacher at the Teachers' Special and Business Branches of Indianapolis Public Library. One of her degrees was in vocal music and she sang at the First Friends Meeting in Indianapolis. Ida Mae was the first librarian in charge of the Plainfield Public Library's local history collection, which she helped to found. Later, Ida Mae worked at the Indiana Historical Society Library until she retired in 1981. She was a dedicated historian and volunteered for the Plainfield Public Library's historical collection after her retirement from the Indiana Historical Society.
Ida Mae (Good) Miller, 72, of Plainfield, wife of John C. Miller, died Wednesday, mother of Susan Carter, Plainfield, Julia Nobumori, of Tokyo, David Miller and Carl Miller, both of Chicago, grandmother of Sarah Christine and Joanna Beth Miller Carter, Kenichiro John, Koki Daniel and Keiko Christina Nobumori, sister of Julia M. Wolfe, San Diego, Lowell H. Good, deceased, memorial service Saturday, 2 p.m., First Friends Meeting 3030 E. Kessler, Indpls. Calling Friday. 4 to 1 p.m., Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home 106 S. Shaw St, Plainfield. Family request memorial gift to Guilford Township Historical Collection, in care of Charr Skirvin, Plainfield Public Library, 1120 Stafford Rd Plainfield, 46168.
Ida Mae Miller, 72, had served state as teacher, historian and librarian Plainfield, Ind. - Memorial services for Ida Mae Good Miller, 72, a former area librarian, teacher and historian, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday In First Friends Meeting, of which she was a member.
Calling will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday In Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home.
She died Wednesday [April 3, 1991].
Mrs. Miller had been a librarian for the Indianapolis Public Library and the Plainfield Public Library, where she was a volunteer. Before retiring, she had been a cataloger for the Indiana Historical Society Library.
A former Hendricks County historian, Mrs. Miller was a member of the Guilford Township, Hendricks County and Indiana historical societies. She was also a member of the Indiana and American library associations.
From 1941 until 1943, Mrs. Miller was a home economics teacher for Indianapolis Public Schools 2 and 69 and Emmerich Manual High School. She then served in London with the Women's Army Corps during World War II.
She was a graduate of the University of Indianapolis, the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music of Butler University and Columbia University. She had been music editor of Quaker Life Magazine.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Guilford Township Historical Collection, in care of Char Skirvin. Plainfield Public Library, 1120 Stafford Road, Plalnfleld, lnd. 46168.
Survivors: husband, John C. Miller; daughters, Susan Carter and Julia Nobumori; sons, David and Carl Miller; sister, Julia Wolfe; five grandchildren.
Jack Miller was asked to give notes that told something about who he was. As was typical of Jack Miller, his story is both humorous and informative.
"As I Remember It" Who Am I?
In late 1938 - 1941 I was working in Chicago, Ill. For some reason I needed a Birth Certificate. So I wrote my father, Dr. Chester C, Miller, and asked him to please go over to the Marion Co. Court House and get one for me. This he did! When he got there and asked the nice clerk for a Birth Certificate, she asked "What name and date of birth?". She brought out the correct book and looked in the date area. "There is no John Chester Miller for that date! But here is a Chester Miller born Sept. 9, 1916, to Maeda C. Schmidt and Chester Miller.". Dad said, " That's my boy, but his name has always been John Chester Miller". "You are his father?", she asked. "Yes", he answered. "Oh! Well, there is enough room here to write in John before the Chester", she said, and she wrote in the name. Wasn't she a nice lady!The next time I was in Indianapolis, I went to the Court House and asked for another Birth Certificate. I received a copy with the name- "John Chester Miller." I think what happened was - Mother & Dad had not picked out a boy's name for me, and they took too long in deciding what that name would be. The Doctor had to send in the birth record, so he wrote in - "Chester."
I noticed on my Butler 1938 Diploma, I am "Jack Chester Miller"
So, Who Am I? Take your pick - John - Jack - Chester.
There may be some other name that I don't want to know about!
by John-Jack-Chester MillerJack lived in Plainfield, Indiana and worked as an accountant at:
Superior Felt & Bedding, Inc. Chicago, IL
Ditto, Inc., Chicago, IL
Udell Works, Indianapolis, Indiana - Furniture Mfg.
P. R. Mallory & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana
Allison Div., G.M.C. Indianapolis, Indiana
2005 John Chester Miller, widowed, died on October 26, at age 89, in Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana. He was born on September 9, 1916, in Indianapolis, Indiana, son of Chester C Miller and Maeda C Miller. [33] [34]
2005 John Chester Miller died on October 26, and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [35] [36]
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