Saint Paul, Minnesota
Miller, Willis Harry St. Croix Co. Historian 68-year Newspaperman died early Sunday, Nov. 16, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul at the age of 89. He had suffered a stroke at home two days earlier. He was born Nov. 28, 1918, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Harry Willis and Ida May (Day) Miller. He...
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You are a piece of Hudson that can't be replaced. The history and stories you and only you knew were precious. Thank God you wrote some of it down for the rest of us to remember. May you be in Heaven visiting all the people you knew so much about her on Earth.
Mike Hughes
December 04, 2008 | Urbandale, IA
My parents' first home in Hudson was on sixth street in the 1940s. The first time they met Willis was on a day he was out riding his bike and stopped and asked to use the toilet!
My mother and Willis would go on to have a warm personal and professional relationship for the rest of their lives. Willis informed his employer, the Hudson Star-Observer, he was going to Europe in 1949. the publisher, C.J. Reiter, said he couldn't go. Willis said he was going anyway. Clarence instructed him...
Don Johnson
November 23, 2008 | Auburn, WA
Willis was indeed an icon in Hudson - he always met you with a friendly smile and always remembered your name, and either asked about your family or told you some information about them. Hudson will not be the same without Willis Miller, he will be sadly missed.
Bonnie Jansen
November 23, 2008 | Hudson, WI
Good Night Sweet Prince, May Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest.
Mary Gill Savoren
Mary Gill Savoren
November 19, 2008 | Sun City, AZ
