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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272006
Title: Melvin "Mick" Miller
Date: 2/8/1933-10/17/2021
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/8/1933
Summary: Melvin (Mick) Miller passed away October 17, 2021, after battling complications from a stroke. A Funeral Services were held at 11AM, Thursday, October 21, 2021, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 502 N. 4th St., Bismarck. Mick was born February 8, 1933, in Burns, MT, to Godtfred and Bertha (Schmidt) Miller. He was raised on the family farm in Savage, MT. Mick was a member of the graduating class of 1951 from Savage High School. He left Savage to attend Western Montana College in Dillon, MT, on a basketball scholarship where he met his future wife Joyce Hariu. They married October 11, 1952, and returned to Savage. He was drafted into the US Army in April 1953 where he honorably served as a military police officer in Duluth, MN, before being deployed to Korea. When he was discharged in April of 1955, he returned to Savage & farmed until 1967 when they moved off the farm and into town. He drove truck for a few years before becoming the Foreman-clerk at Knife River Coal Mining Company’s Savage Mine on October 1, 1968. Before his retirement on April 17, 1993, he had moved up to the position of mine superintendent. Long into his retirement he enjoyed part-time farming for the Bastas and the Iversens. He finally fully retired, and in September 2014, he and Joyce moved to Bismarck, ND, to be closer to their daughters when his health started to fail. Mick loved his family and spending time with his kids, grandkids and great grandkids. He enjoyed bowling in the fall and winter and spending the summers at their cabin on the Van Hook Arm of Lake Sakakawea. He and Joyce spent their days at the lake boating and fishing and playing bingo. Mick is survived by Joyce, his wife of 69 years; his daughters, Patricia (James) Murray, Bismarck, Sharon (Milo) Gramm, Backus, MN, Marilyn (David) Gedrose, Miles City, MT, Tracy Miller, Bismarck, and Peggy Miller, Bismarck; six grandchildren, Lindsey (Willy Minor) Iversen, Sean (Krista) Murray, Vanessa (Nathan) Erickson, Jessica Fitzgerald, Sara Murray and Joe Gedrose; seven great-grandchildren, Blake Iversen & Riley Fitzgerald, Makenna & Aubree Murray, Isla and Jonah Hilzendeger and Emma Erickson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Godtfred and Bertha; his brothers, Ervin, Lester and Perry Miller; his sister, Bernice Dawe and great-grandson, Beckett Hilzendeger.
Red ID: FND_I_79501 Image ID: 547551 Image Notes: FND001 272006b

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.

Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272006
Title: Melvin "Mick" Miller
Date: 2/8/1933-10/17/2021
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/8/1933
Summary: Melvin (Mick) Miller passed away October 17, 2021, after battling complications from a stroke. A Funeral Services were held at 11AM, Thursday, October 21, 2021, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 502 N. 4th St., Bismarck. Mick was born February 8, 1933, in Burns, MT, to Godtfred and Bertha (Schmidt) Miller. He was raised on the family farm in Savage, MT. Mick was a member of the graduating class of 1951 from Savage High School. He left Savage to attend Western Montana College in Dillon, MT, on a basketball scholarship where he met his future wife Joyce Hariu. They married October 11, 1952, and returned to Savage. He was drafted into the US Army in April 1953 where he honorably served as a military police officer in Duluth, MN, before being deployed to Korea. When he was discharged in April of 1955, he returned to Savage & farmed until 1967 when they moved off the farm and into town. He drove truck for a few years before becoming the Foreman-clerk at Knife River Coal Mining Company’s Savage Mine on October 1, 1968. Before his retirement on April 17, 1993, he had moved up to the position of mine superintendent. Long into his retirement he enjoyed part-time farming for the Bastas and the Iversens. He finally fully retired, and in September 2014, he and Joyce moved to Bismarck, ND, to be closer to their daughters when his health started to fail. Mick loved his family and spending time with his kids, grandkids and great grandkids. He enjoyed bowling in the fall and winter and spending the summers at their cabin on the Van Hook Arm of Lake Sakakawea. He and Joyce spent their days at the lake boating and fishing and playing bingo. Mick is survived by Joyce, his wife of 69 years; his daughters, Patricia (James) Murray, Bismarck, Sharon (Milo) Gramm, Backus, MN, Marilyn (David) Gedrose, Miles City, MT, Tracy Miller, Bismarck, and Peggy Miller, Bismarck; six grandchildren, Lindsey (Willy Minor) Iversen, Sean (Krista) Murray, Vanessa (Nathan) Erickson, Jessica Fitzgerald, Sara Murray and Joe Gedrose; seven great-grandchildren, Blake Iversen & Riley Fitzgerald, Makenna & Aubree Murray, Isla and Jonah Hilzendeger and Emma Erickson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Godtfred and Bertha; his brothers, Ervin, Lester and Perry Miller; his sister, Bernice Dawe and great-grandson, Beckett Hilzendeger.
Red ID: FND_I_79501 Image ID: 547550 Image Notes: FND001 272006a

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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