Wilmer D Miller

Wilmer D. Miller

Wilmer D. Miller, 88, died Sunday (Jan. 18, 2009) at Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita. He was born on Dec. 18, 1920, in Windom, the son of Roy D. and Maggie Kauffman Miller. He was a graduate of Windom High School and attended Hesston College. A resident of Hutchinson since 1964, he was a forklift operator for Carey Salt, retiring in 1983. He was a member of The Father's House in Hutchinson. He was a private first class in the United States Army during WWII.

He married Sylvia I. Yoder on Oct. 6, 1946, in Yoder. She survives.

Other survivors include one son, Rodney Miller of Wichita; three daughters, Wanda Morgan and Donita King, both of Hutchinson, and Karla Dellinger of Panama City, Fla.; one sister, Pauline Swartzendruber of Iowa City, Iowa; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Waldo Miller, and two sisters, Verna Detwiler and Elizabeth Hershberger.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and Crematory in Hutchinson, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Graveside services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hutchinson, with the service to follow at 10:30 a.m. at The Father's House, with Bishop Quintin Moore presiding.

Memorial contributions may be made to FMC Reno County Dialysis or The Father's House in care of the funeral home.

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