Mills, Ethel

1906 - 1976  (69 years)

• Name	Mills, Ethel
  Birth	5 Dec 1906	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	MILL.E011
  _FGRAVE	35658384
  Death	1 Mar 1976	Dirksen House, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois   [2]
  	Mrs. Ethel Pontenstein of Springfield died Monday, Mar 1, at Dirksen House. Born in Clay City, Mrs. Pontenstein was the daughter of the late James and Nettie Crackel Mills. She was retired from the Illinois Public Aid after 35 years of service. Her husband, Nils, died in 1970. Surviving are one stepson, Vernon Nils Pontenstein. Services in Bisch Memorial Home. Burial in Clay City Cemetery at Clay City. State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL, 3-1-1976
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Pontenstein, Ethel
  Person ID	I26610	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Mills, James B.,   b. 22 Oct 1881, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 8 Jul 1971, Ruttley Nursing Home, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Crackel, Nettie,   b. 1878, Illinois d. 4 Apr 1960 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1, 3]
  Divorce	Y  [4]
  Family ID	F8501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pontenstein, Nils Johan Lorentz
  Family ID	F21060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Dec 1906 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1644] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 15A, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00636&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S16970] (Reliability: 2). [S670] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0003) (Village), image 09, page 5a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00604?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3304] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 13, page 6b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.asp) (Reliability: 3).