Warning: At the very bottom there are three photos of Miles in his casket. Please remember it was common to display the body in the home back then. If this offends you, please do not look at them.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Garriott, Tracy, California
Card from Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Robinson, Waltham, Minnesota
Card from Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Robinson, Albert Lea, Minnesota, for Miles
Theo Knutson, L. W. Nemitz, Heyers Heyes possibly K or L in there Lucas, H. F. Greene, J. A. Stephan, George Garbish, George Frohreich, John Fermesh or Fomesh, H. Matter, B. G. Nemietz, C. C. Erickson and sons, B. G. Eggerh or Eggert, E. R. Bjork, George Benzel, Theo Bellin, Chas (Charles) Hogle, Ernest Kirchuer, Henry Hitzeman, Brownsdale Telephone (manager and operators)
Dave Mattson, Kenneth Hostad, Vance Denton, William Haave, John Baumgartner, Rev Olphant, Wallace Adams, Mrs. Carl Finseth, Client Buck
Harold and Verna Lamp letter (first for Miles), Stewartville, Minnesota
H. F. Lamp Auctioneer, Cotton Wood Lane Farm, Rural Route Three, Telephone 20 F 22
Dealer in Karakul Sheep, Horses, Cattle and Hogs
General Farm sales, pure bred stock sales, general insurance
Howard Roe, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
The above is for Miles, the one below is for Bill. Both are from a Fran Mattie Muller, or Mrs. Otto Muller, Rochester, Minnesota
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Margaret McAdam, Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
Miss Margaret MacAdam
Mission Circle No. 1 card, Blooming Prairie, Buzza Craftacres, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Spring Valley, Minnesota, Ideal Life Association, Death Benefit for Bill, Alphonse Koenig Clearwater, MN, Mrs. Dorothy A. Kopp Madison Lake, MN.
Bill Decker's card of thanks in newspaper 1934
The two lists above were loose in the box. Sympathy of: W. B. Swenson, Theo Bellin, John Eruesh, Geo Frobreich, Geo Garbish, J. A. Stephan, Herman Pater, John Buck, E. O. Heydh or Heydl, Erickson Bros, H. A. Greene, Fred Netz or Aetl, L. W. Nemetz, H. W. Hitelman, B. G. Eggerb, Klingsheim Garage, Geo Benzel, Chas Hogle, E. R. Bjork, Maynard Ehnicke, Melvin Ehmlke, Mrs. William Beck, Gerhart Pater, Ray Clack or Clark, Mrs. Simonson, Katie Kirtz, Art Buck, Henry Hitzeman, Walter Bjork, H. H. Chinnow, Ray Beck
Blanche and Lewis Smith, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Porter and family
From the sophomore class and teachers at Hayfield High School (for Miles death)
Esther Kording, teacher at Hayfield High School, Hayfield, Minnesota
George A. Hormel Co., Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McGowan
Bill was a either a business associate of Mr. Hormel (Bill was a butcher, herded cattle up from Chicago, and farmed- we've heard no oral history as of this post about him working at the plant) or George's wife was a relative of Bill's- same last name, both from Germany- we haven't researched enough or had much luck with locating Bill's relatives unfortunately.
John Rex Kunze ?
List of mailed: Merton Miler, Walter Bungum, John Myster, Truman Mohn, Wayne Gransee, Clinton Buck, Mary Ellen Miler, Ellen Refsdol, Jeane Bungum, Doris Watruba
Mrs. George Boliou
Mr. and Mrs. Burnhson Nemitz, Mr. and Mrs. Harlen Chinnow, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Moore
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ingvaldson, Mr. and Mrs. Robt McAdams, Margaret McAdams
Mrs. Ole Olsen, Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
Nellie D. Carey
Roy Bumgarner and family signature, A. O. Wensole
Sophomore Class (for Miles) of Haywood High School, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lewis and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Nelson,, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meyer- Henry Meyer-William Meyer- Arnold Meyer- and Leonard Meyer
No names/envelope with this card
Letter from Hayfield Public Schools superintendent L. J. Jorstad regarding Miles death. This memento goes with the letter. He played basketball at Hayfield High School in MN.
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We decided to add their obits as well
WARNING: Funeral photos of Miles in his casket.
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