Sadie Eliza Miller (Mrs. John) Compton 

"The Piqua Daily Call," Thursday, December 26, 1929:  

WIDOW OF JOHN COMPTON IS DEAD  

Passing Occurs at the Home of Daughter on Water Street    

After an illness of ten days the death of Mrs. Sadie Eliza Compton, widow of John Compton, occurred Wednesday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Yates, 604 West Water Street.
Mrs. Compton was born on September 14, 1848, at West Liberty, Ohio, and was the daughter of the late Abraham and Marietta (sic) J. Miller (sic).  She has been a resident of Piqua for the past 53 years and has made her home with her daughter for the past years.  She was 81 years of age at the time of her death.
Left to mourn their loss are four daughters, Mrs. Charles Lang of Kokomo, Indiana, Mrs. Charles Orr of Tippecanoe City, Mrs. Walter Bane of Washington, D. C. and Mrs. Arthur Yates of Piqua; a son, Bert (sic) Compton of Dayton; fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  Her husband preceded her in death on July 10, 1929.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the home on West Water street in charge of the Rev. Charles Gowdy with burial at Forest Hill cemetery.

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