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Francis C Miller Francis
C. Miller, 82, of 1219 S, 16th Ave. W. died of congestive heart failure Monday,
Oct. 22, at Park Centre in Newton. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30
a.m. at the First Christian Church in Newton with the Rev. Gene Bryant
officiating. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery. Pence Funeral Home in
Newton is handling arrangements. Friends may call today at the funeral home
where family will be available from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Memorials will be accepted in
his name to Newton First Christian Church or to Park Centre. The
son of Theobold Alvin and Arminta Merle Lemaster Miller, he was born Feb. 11,
1919, in Moravia. He graduated from Moravia High School in 1936 and attended
Albia Junior College for two years. He earned a bachelor's degree in social
studies from the University of Iowa in 1941 and taught in a rural school. On
June 22, 1941, he married Mary Elaine Argo in Unionville, Mo. Mr.
Miller worked for the Maytag Company for 52 years, working with the Fred Maytag
Family Foundation. He retired June 29, 1997. He was a past president of the Noon
Kiwanis, chairman of the Newton United Way, Fred Maytag Park
Board for 25-years and board member and secretary of Anchor Brewing Company. He
was a member of the Newton First Christian Church, served as deacon, elder,
trustee and president of the board of the church. He was financial secretary,
executor and trustee of E. H. Maytag Estate and Trust. He also was a board
member of the Kellogg Savings Bank & Key Enterprises Inc. in Miami Beach,
Fla., charter board member and secretary of Progress Industries in Newton;
chairman of Rock Creek District of Boy Scouts of America and on the board at
Firstar Bank for the past 38 years. He served on the board of the Maytag Dairy
Farms, was Newton chairman of the Iowa College Foundation and charter
and life member of the Maytag Management Club. Mr.
Miller received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from the University of
Iowa In 1979, the Community Service Award from the Newton Chamber of Commerce in
1981 and the Fellowship of Service Award from Central College in 1989. Survivors
include a son and daughter-in-law, Ray and Judy of Cedar Rapids: two daughters
and a son-in-law, Susan C. Miller of Newton and Jane M. and John Blink of
Sherwood, Ark.; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and a son. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, October 24, 2001. |
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