Thursday, June 28, 2012

Stanley Miller, Rest In Peace

[Hidden Blog note: Stanley was my next door neighbor for 18 years.]

NORMAL — Stanley D. Miller, 85, Normal, died at 12:04 a.m. Tuesday (June 19, 2012) at the Bickford House, Normal.

His memorial visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington, with a prayer service at 5 p.m.

Inurnment will be at a later date in Willow View Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Normal Theater or the World Wildlife Foundation.

Stanley was born March 18, 1927, in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Frank J. and Cornelia L. Bussey Miller.

He is survived by a daughter, Susan C. Miller, Normal; two sons, Frank (Wendy) Miller, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Roger (Julie) Miller, Lexington, Ky.; five grandchildren, Andrew (Nicole) Hyslop, Davis, Calif.; Amy (Paul) Johnson, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Justin Miller, Normal; and Allison and Shelby Miller, Lexington, Ky.; and two great-grandchildren, Audrey and Bennett Johnson, Fort Wayne, Ind.

He was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.

Stanley attended Illinois State Normal University and was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II.

He retired from The Daily Pantagraph after 51 years with the paper. He was a member of the Elks,
Moose Lodge 745 and Kodaroamers Camera Club, all in Bloomington.

Stanley was a volunteer at the Normal Theater and had been active in Community Players.

He will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

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