EVA FILLER, 85, DEAD; FIDDLER .
A woman who once outplayed mora than 100 contestants to wln Iowa's fiddler championship died Monday at Broadlawns General hospital.
Mrs. Eva Miller, 85, who learned to play the fiddle js a child on a Missouri farm, gained both state and national fame after she was 70. She had spent her life entertaining people with her music.
Named Iowa State fair champion in 1937, Mrs. Miller was the, first woman to win out over the men fiddlers. Mis. Miller said then she did not know the name of the selection she played on her homestrung violin, but that she had been playing It for nearly 60 years.
Lloyd B. Cunningham, secretary of the fair board, said he believed Mrs. Miller to be the only woman state champion,
On Radio Program.
In 1938. Mrs. Miller went to New. York, N. Y to play over the weekly "We, the People," program of the National Broadcasting Co.
Mrs. Miller once said that aha thought up tunea while playing to herself on the backstoop, or at night under the trees. Other tunes she had learned while listening to folks singing on their way home from the cornfields,
Came Here in 1893.
. Mrs. Miller came here in 1893 and had spent most of her life In this vicinity. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Daisy Chapman, Van Nuys, Cal.; Mrs. Sarah Jane Fueratenberger. Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Dora Allen, Boonevllle; and three sons, David Miller, Ravenna, Neb.; Walter Miller, also in Nebraska; and Clint Miller, Grimes.
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
14 Mar 1950
Contributor: Carmen Gardiner
A woman who once outplayed mora than 100 contestants to wln Iowa's fiddler championship died Monday at Broadlawns General hospital.
Mrs. Eva Miller, 85, who learned to play the fiddle js a child on a Missouri farm, gained both state and national fame after she was 70. She had spent her life entertaining people with her music.
Named Iowa State fair champion in 1937, Mrs. Miller was the, first woman to win out over the men fiddlers. Mis. Miller said then she did not know the name of the selection she played on her homestrung violin, but that she had been playing It for nearly 60 years.
Lloyd B. Cunningham, secretary of the fair board, said he believed Mrs. Miller to be the only woman state champion,
On Radio Program.
In 1938. Mrs. Miller went to New. York, N. Y to play over the weekly "We, the People," program of the National Broadcasting Co.
Mrs. Miller once said that aha thought up tunea while playing to herself on the backstoop, or at night under the trees. Other tunes she had learned while listening to folks singing on their way home from the cornfields,
Came Here in 1893.
. Mrs. Miller came here in 1893 and had spent most of her life In this vicinity. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Daisy Chapman, Van Nuys, Cal.; Mrs. Sarah Jane Fueratenberger. Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Dora Allen, Boonevllle; and three sons, David Miller, Ravenna, Neb.; Walter Miller, also in Nebraska; and Clint Miller, Grimes.
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
14 Mar 1950
Contributor: Carmen Gardiner
EVA FILLER, 85, DEAD; FIDDLER .
A woman who once outplayed mora than 100 contestants to wln Iowa's fiddler championship died Monday at Broadlawns General hospital.
Mrs. Eva Miller, 85, who learned to play the fiddle js a child on a Missouri farm, gained both state and national fame after she was 70. She had spent her life entertaining people with her music.
Named Iowa State fair champion in 1937, Mrs. Miller was the, first woman to win out over the men fiddlers. Mis. Miller said then she did not know the name of the selection she played on her homestrung violin, but that she had been playing It for nearly 60 years.
Lloyd B. Cunningham, secretary of the fair board, said he believed Mrs. Miller to be the only woman state champion,
On Radio Program.
In 1938. Mrs. Miller went to New. York, N. Y to play over the weekly "We, the People," program of the National Broadcasting Co.
Mrs. Miller once said that aha thought up tunea while playing to herself on the backstoop, or at night under the trees. Other tunes she had learned while listening to folks singing on their way home from the cornfields,
Came Here in 1893.
. Mrs. Miller came here in 1893 and had spent most of her life In this vicinity. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Daisy Chapman, Van Nuys, Cal.; Mrs. Sarah Jane Fueratenberger. Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Dora Allen, Boonevllle; and three sons, David Miller, Ravenna, Neb.; Walter Miller, also in Nebraska; and Clint Miller, Grimes.
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
14 Mar 1950
Contributor: Carmen Gardiner
A woman who once outplayed mora than 100 contestants to wln Iowa's fiddler championship died Monday at Broadlawns General hospital.
Mrs. Eva Miller, 85, who learned to play the fiddle js a child on a Missouri farm, gained both state and national fame after she was 70. She had spent her life entertaining people with her music.
Named Iowa State fair champion in 1937, Mrs. Miller was the, first woman to win out over the men fiddlers. Mis. Miller said then she did not know the name of the selection she played on her homestrung violin, but that she had been playing It for nearly 60 years.
Lloyd B. Cunningham, secretary of the fair board, said he believed Mrs. Miller to be the only woman state champion,
On Radio Program.
In 1938. Mrs. Miller went to New. York, N. Y to play over the weekly "We, the People," program of the National Broadcasting Co.
Mrs. Miller once said that aha thought up tunea while playing to herself on the backstoop, or at night under the trees. Other tunes she had learned while listening to folks singing on their way home from the cornfields,
Came Here in 1893.
. Mrs. Miller came here in 1893 and had spent most of her life In this vicinity. Surviving are three daughters. Mrs. Daisy Chapman, Van Nuys, Cal.; Mrs. Sarah Jane Fueratenberger. Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mrs. Dora Allen, Boonevllle; and three sons, David Miller, Ravenna, Neb.; Walter Miller, also in Nebraska; and Clint Miller, Grimes.
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
14 Mar 1950
Contributor: Carmen Gardiner
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