Denis from findagrave.com was so kind as to copy this for me from the Litchville North Dakota History Book 1900-2000, Copyright 2000. Page 236. He also scanned these pictures in of Mac and Rose.
Mack Theodore Bax was born March 7, 1909, at Mary Home, MO, the son of Peter and Mary Ann (Lampe) Bax. Peter and Mary were married in 1902. Peter died August 13, 1981, and Mary Ann April 22, 1955, in Missouri. Mack Bax came to North Dakota in 1931.
Rose Ida Miller was born May 9, 1909, to Fred W. and Anna E. (Heise) Miller at Marion, ND. Fred Miller had been born in Germany and emigrated from there in 1903. Anna Heise was born in Mitchell County, Iowa, to William and Friedrika Heise May 15, 1874. William died March 17, 1917, and Friedrika February 9, 1918, and are both buried in the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, south of Litchville. Fred Miller died January 7, 1959, and Anna Miller died October 25, 1957. They too are buried in the Trinity Cemetery.
Mack Bax and Rose Miller were married December 19, 1932. They lived on a farm in the Griswold community until 1960, when they moved into LItchville, where Mack took over a gas station and welding shop. Ill health force his retirement. He had been a member of the Litchville Commercial Club and served on the school board in Prairie Township. Both Mack and Rose were members of Trinity Lutheran Church, south of Litchville.
Two daughters were born to them. One died in infancy. Ann (Mrs. Hank Schlomer) lives in Monoma, WI. Mack died September 18, 1968.
After Mack’s death, Rose continued to make her home in Litchville. She worked for 11 years taking care of the “Meal Site” program of senior citizen’s meals at their center. She also did many other things for people and families in the community who needed part-time help. In October of 1985, she moved from her house in Litchville into an apartment at Parklane Homes, where she continued to be a good neighbor. Rose died April 28, 1994. Both Mack and Rose are buried in the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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