Lillie Bell Hardman Miller Hess

The Independent Enterprise
Thursday, May 17, 1928

OBITUARY

Lillie Bell Hardman was born in what now is Albany, Oregon, March 25, 1863. She moved with her parents to the John Day Valley in the same year. Here she lived for a number of years. In June 1879 she was united in marriage to Oliver C. Miller. To this union 3 children were born, Clarence, Gertrude and Frank. Mr. Miller passed away in Canyon City, Oregon, in 1891. In 1899 Mrs. Miller was united in marriage to Moses Hess at Prairie City. They lived there until 1904, when they moved to Emmett. Here Mr. Hess passes away in 1922. In 1923 Mrs. Hess came to Fruitland and bought a ranch a mile south west of town and has lived here ever since. She had been a member of the Baptist church and an earnest worker in the same for a number of years.

She had been in fairly good health until last Tuesday morning, May 8th, when she suffered from an attack of gall stones. She recovered from this but had a stroke of apoplexy in the afternoon about 2 o'clock and died almost instantly. At the time of her death she was 65 years, 1 month and 13 days old.

She leaves to mourn her loss one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Wakefield, of Nampa, two sons Clarence Miller, of Fruitland and Frank Miller, of Emmett, three grandchildren, Bessie, Harry and Freda, whom she adopted several years ago, eight other grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, of Prairie City, Oregon, and four brothers, Frank Hardman, of Ontario, Bart Hardman, of Unity, Ben Hardman, of Calgary, Canada, and Monroe Hardman, of Prairie City. She also leaves a host of friends who are greatly grieved by her passing.

Funeral services were held from the Baptist church Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. F. P. Petit, and interment made in Emmett, beside Mr. Hess.

The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved ones in their hour of sorrow.