| Thursday,
August 2, 2007
Max Leo Miller, age 83, of Gulfport, went to be with
his Heavenly Father on Sunday, July 29.
He was born in Wellman, IA on July 7, 1924. He was the
son of the late Simon J and Lydia Bender Miller. He was
the loving and devoted husband of Mary Hunsberger Miller
formerly of Doylestown, PA.
He was the caring father of a half-dozen children: Carol
Miller (Allan Kauffman) of Goshen, IN; Steve (Dot) Miller
and Gary (Red Dot) Miller both of Gulfport; Judi Miller
(Paul White) of Broadway, VA; Jan (Ron) Byers of Sarasota,
FL and Scott (Suzanne) Miller of Gulfport. He loved his
11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren: Nicolas and
Lucas Kauffman; Brice Miller; Kristie Miller; Michael
(Cindy) Schaefer; Barbara (David) LaBrake; Samantha (Cecil,
Jr.) Borzik; Maddie and Zoe White; Andrew and Emily Miller;
Kristina and Heather Angus; and Nikki Borzik. He was the
brother of Ralph (Sadie) Miller, Gulfport; Claude Miller,
Kenner, LA; Ruth (Howard) Stroup, Goshen, IN; Carl (Elsie)
Miller and Oren (Dorothy) Miller both of Gulfport; and
Jane (Robert) Thomas, Marion, SD.
Max was a graduate of Lyman High School. He completed
two years of college at Goshen College, Goshen, IN, where
he met his future bride, Mary. Max and Mary married in
Doylestown, PA on November 5, 1949. They later moved to
Gulfport where they made their home. Max served in Civilian
Public Service for years where he served in California,
South Africa and Greece. He made his living as a guernsey
dairy farmer for decades. He worked for the Harrison County
Dairyman's Association. He later worked and retired from
the U.S. Postal Service as a rural mail carrier. Max was
a Past President of Harrison County Farm Bureau, and he
served as a Soil Conservation Commissioner. Max was an
avid organic gardener and farmer. He also loved to fish.
Max was a very faithful member of the Gulfhaven Mennonite
Church, where he served his Heavenly Father for many decades.
Visitation was on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 from 6:00
- 8:00 p.m. at THE RIEMANN FAMILY'S Gulf Coast Funeral
Home on Three Rivers Road in Gulfport.
The funeral service was on Thursday, August 2, 2007,
at 10:30 a.m. at Gulf Haven Mennonite Church with interment
following at the church cemetery.
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