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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271529
Title: Milton J. Miller
Date: 8/28/1938-2/2/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 8/28/1938
Summary: Milton John Miller, 86, of Chaseley, ND, passed away at his home in Hurdsfield, ND, surrounded by his loving family on February 2, 2025. A funeral service was held April 17, 2025, at Bethany Lutheran Church, Robinson, ND. Burial was at the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery. Milton was born on August 28, 1938, in Carrington, ND, to Herman "Slim" and Hattie (Ferguson) Miller. Milton attended school at Brantford and later Carrington High School where he graduated in 1957. He then joined the national guard, and then enlisted in the United States Army on December 28, 1958. He went to basic training in Fort Carson, CO. He was then transferred to Fort Riley, KS, and then Fort Knox, KY. He was honorably discharged from the army on March 13, 1962. After the army, he returned to Carrington where he began working as a mechanic at various local garages. He met the love of his life, Gloria Hirchert, while eating lunch at the Ace cafe in town. Milton and Gloria were married on June 18, 1965, at Kvernes Lutheran Church rural Carrington. They lived in Carrington for two years, before moving to Gloria’s parents' farm south of Chaseley, ND, where they made their living farming and ranching. They raised five children on their farm, Richard, Rhonda, Janet, Jeannine, and Brian. Milton enjoyed hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, bowling, and coon hunting with family, friends, and neighbors. Raising and training border collie dogs was a favorite pastime of his. Milton and Gloria opened their home to many people over the years, and they were host parents to many foreign exchange students who were very special to them and were considered family: Bianca van der Schaaf Talman, Holland; Gitte Halleby, Denmark; Jonathan Castro Jr, Brazil; and Perttu Aho, Finland. In his later years, Milton took great pride in teaching his grandchildren how to hunt and fish. He especially enjoyed crane hunting! Some of his favorite memories were spending time outdoors with his family and friends. Milton is survived by his children, Richard Miller and friend Lori Legacie, Fessenden, ND, Rhonda Miller, Lincoln, ND, Jeannine (Doug) Mertz, Hurdsfield, ND, and Brian Miller, Marion, IL; 13 grandchildren, Casey, Shantel, Brandon, Heather, Aubriana, Joshua, Chance, Jackson, Dianna, Timothy, Abigale, Bailey, and Sarah; 14 great-grandchildren, Kegan, Dixie, Lexie, Hunter, Milton, Paisley, Declan, Kieryn, Rena, Jax, Chloe, Meiah, Lyric, Sirius. He was preceded in death by his wife, Gloria; his infant daughter, Janet; his parents, Herman and Hattie; his brothers, Wallace and Howard; and his sisters, Lois, Karen, and Verna.
Red ID: FND_I_79025 Image ID: 524441 Image Notes: FND001 271529,JPG

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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