Ervin
Miller, 83
Mahnomen
- Ervin M. Miller, 83, died on Thursday,
September 25, 2003 at the MeritCare Hospital in
Fargo, N.D.
Funeral
services were held on Monday, September 29 at St.
Joseph's Catholic Church in Beaulieu with the Rev.
Rick Lambert officiating. Casketbearers were Poul
Sorensen, Darrel Miller, Todd Miller, Chris Miller,
Ben Hand, Luke Nelson, Isaac Inwards and Kenny
Miller. Honorary casketbearers were all of Ervin's
coffee buddies from the Red Apple. Interment was in
St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.
Ervin
M. Miller was born on November 21, 1919 near
Beaulieu, the son of Stephen and Mary (Stalboerger)
Miller. He grew up on a farm north of Beaulieu and
attended country school. As a young man, he farmed
with his father and also drove the cream truck
throughout the area.
On
June 10, 1941 he married Florence Voit. For the
first few years of their marriage, the couple
farmed on several places northeast of Mahnomen
before purchasing a farm east of Beaulieu. They
spent the next 40 years on that farm. Ervin was
also employed by the ASC office in Mahnomen for
many years, where he worked with the area farmers.
He served on the Soil Conservation Board for nearly
30 years. In 1988, he and Florence moved into
Mahnomen, where they had since resided.
Ervin
was an avid fisherman and spent countless hours on
the area lakes. He also loved playing cribbage and
woodworking. One of the things he enjoyed most was
spending time with his many friends at the Red
Apple Café.
Survivors
include his wife, Florence of Mahnomen; five
daughters, Joyce (Don) Klinkhammer of Waubun, Linda
(Doug) Hand of Fosston, Nancy (Doug) Nelson of
Ramsey, Phyllis (Mike) Inwards of Pelican Rapids
and Gayle (Bob) Halvorson of White House, Tenn.;
four sons, Robert (Phyllis) of St. Hilaire, George
(Delores) of Mahnomen, Rick (Dyanne) of Fertile and
Daniel (Gayla Gervais) of Mentor; one brother,
Wilbert (Barbara) of Beaulieu; 32 grandchildren;
and 38 great-grandchildren.
Ervin
was preceded in death by an infant brother, one
infant sister, one grandson and one granddaughter.
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