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Claire
E. Miller KELLOGG
— Claire E. Miller, 80, of Kellogg died of respiratory failure Friday, Dec.
28, at his home. Funeral services win beat I p.m. Wednesday at the Christian
Reformed Church in Newton with the Rev. Mark Bennink officiating. Burial will be
at Our Silent City Cemetery in Kellogg. Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton is
handling arrangements. Friends
may call after 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church when family will receive friends
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memorials will be accepted to the Christian
Reformed Church or to the Kellogg Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Service and may
be left at the church on the day of the service or at the funeral home. The
son of Clyde and Marie Tish Miller, he was born Jan. 23, 1922,
in Searsboro. He was a 1940 graduate of Kellogg High School.
On June 29, 1945, he married Johanna Oudshoorn in Sully. He was a lifelong
resident of Kellogg. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World
War II. Mr. Miller retired from the Maytag Company as a security guard after 10
years. He had worked for Midwest Manufacturing in Kellogg for many years, for
the United States Post Office in Kellogg for 18 years and had been an agent for
the AID Insurance Company in Kellogg. He was a member of the Christian Reformed
Church, VFW Post 1655, American Legion in Laurel, DAV and AARP, enjoyed fishing,
hunting and sports.
Survivors
include his wife, four sons, Rick of Dixon, Mo., Terry of Newton, Brad of Saipan,
China, and Jeff of Dunedin, Fla., two daughters, Char Miller of Des Moines and
Diana Miller of Newton, 12 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and a
sister, Esther Barr of Newton. He
was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, December 31, 2001. |
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