Walter Cecil Miller

1917 -

• Name	Walter Cecil Miller
  Born	8 Sep 1917	Peru Township, Miami County, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I87331	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Walter Eugene Miller,   b. 23 Mar 1890, Indiana, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1931, Peru Township, Miami County, Indiana, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Goldie K. Kester,   b. 9 Nov 1891, Indiana, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1946, Peru Township, Miami County, Indiana, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1911	Peru Township, Miami County, Indiana, USA
  Family ID	F25452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Published February 12, 2005 Walter Cecil Miller Sept. 8, 1917?Feb. 10, 2005 Walter Cecil Miller, 87, formerly of 317 Hickory Lane, North Manchester, passed away at 3 p.m. Thursday at Timbercrest Healthcare Center, North Manchester. Born on Sept. 8, 1917, in Peru, to Walter Eugene and Goldie Miller, he married Duenna Ruth Wilson on Nov. 19, 1941, in Wabash. She died on July 28, 2002. He started working for H.A. Thrush & Company and worked his way up through the ranks to Assistant to the President. Walter wrote a book, ?Pioneer in Hydronices,? which was a history of H.A. Thrush & Company from its conception to its merger with Amtrol, a Rhode Island company. He retired from Amtrol, Peru Division in 1982. He was Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop No. 15 in Peru, a member of the Manchester United Methodist Church, and taught Sunday School classes in Peru and Rochester. He held several church offices and was delegate to the annual conference at Purdue. He was a member of the Peru and Rochester I.O.O.F. He was an avid golfer and fisherman and a World War II Navy veteran. He is survived by two sisters, Lucille M. Hoagland of Mexico, Ind., and Martha Esther Lynch of Watertown, Mass.; one brother, John A. and wife Jean Miller of Peru; several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters. His funeral service is 10:30 a.m. Monday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Bender Chapel, 207 W. Main St., North Manchester. Burial is at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. The memorial guest book for Walter may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com. Memorials may be made to Timbercrest Church of the Brethren Home.