Reba (Miller) Mingo
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Title
Reba (Miller) Mingo
Subject
Mingo, Reba Miller (1920-2011)
Description
Portrait photograph of Reba (Miller) Mingo wearing a sheep pin on her breast pocket.
Reba was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison Miller and Pearl Ellen (Hottle) Miller.
She was a graduate of Woodstock High School, and served in the United States Army (WAC) during World War II. There, she met her husband whom she later divorced.
After the war, she lived in Woodstock and continued to work.
Her obituary noted she had been employed by Dorothy's Five & Dime, the Susan B. Miller Nursing Home, and had retired from Aileen Inc. after many years of service.
She raised four daughters, Francis, Rita, Sharon, and Timothea Kay Mingo.
Reba was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison Miller and Pearl Ellen (Hottle) Miller.
She was a graduate of Woodstock High School, and served in the United States Army (WAC) during World War II. There, she met her husband whom she later divorced.
After the war, she lived in Woodstock and continued to work.
Her obituary noted she had been employed by Dorothy's Five & Dime, the Susan B. Miller Nursing Home, and had retired from Aileen Inc. after many years of service.
She raised four daughters, Francis, Rita, Sharon, and Timothea Kay Mingo.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in January 2002 by Virginia M. Rutz who knew of her and remembered she lived at 112 S. Lee Street in Woodstock.
Also identified in January 2002 by J. Hockman.
Third identification also made in January 2002 by James E. Morrison, Sr., who knew her.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Reba (Miller) Mingo appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000974 and 017680.
Identifier
000974
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Reba (Miller) Mingo,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/23234.
Comments
Rita M. Spitler
This is my mother. She worked for a while and then went into the military (Womens Army Corps WAC) during WWII. That is where she met her husband, who she later divorced.
She graduated from the old Woodstock High School.
Timothea Mingo
This is my mother and she raised four daughters. Frances predeceased her.
Timothea Mingo
This is my mother and she raised four daughters. Frances Ellen predeceased her.
Timothea Mingo
This is my mother & she raised 4 daughters. Francis Mingo Conner, predeceased her.