Walter
Miller, 72
Greenbush
- Walter Miller, 72, died on Saturday, August
2, 2003 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 
p.m.
on Wednesday, August 6 (today) at Bethel Lutheran
Church in Greenbush with the Rev. Bryce Fellbaum
officiating. Casketbearers were Shawn Collins,
Steve Collins, Dale Wicklund, Daryl Wicklund,
Kendall Minske and Jeff Hennum. Honorary
casketbearers will be all those who attend the
service. Interment will be in Bethel Cemetery in
Greenbush.
Walter
Jerome Miller was born in Barnett Township, near
Greenbush, on January 6, 1931, the son of John and
Pearl (Gorvin) Miller. He was baptized and
confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church, where he was a
lifelong member. Walter graduated from Crookston
Agricultural College in 1949. He was employed at
the Greenbush Creamery for several years and farmed
in Barnett Township. He spent six winters employed
at the GM plant in Los Angeles, Calif.
On
October 29, 1960, he married Adell Nelson in
Strathcona. Since their marriage, the couple has
lived and farmed in Barnett Township, where they
raised small grains and operated a dairy farm.
Walter also worked as a carpenter throughout the
area over the years.
Survivors
include his wife, Adell; two sons, Mark and Paul,
both of Greenbush; two daughters, Elaine (Charlie)
Kapphahn and Carolyn (Dan) Schindler, both of
Greenbush; six grandchildren; one great-grandson;
two brothers, Ernest (Alice) of Greenbush and
Donald of St. Cloud; three sisters, Lillian Kriko
of Brush Prairie, Wash., Doris (Don) Wicklund of
Greenbush and Dorothy Minske of Pengilly; and many
nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Walter
was preceded in death by his parents and his
brother Myron and an infant brother,
Harry.
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