Miller, John Wertz (1922-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Apr 9 p. 17

Birth date: 1922 Aug 12

text of obituary:

JOHN WERTZ MILLER

John Wertz Miller, 84, of Kalona, Iowa, died March 28, 2007, at Pleasantview Home after a long illness. He was born Aug. 12, 1922, to Urie and Amanda (Wertz) Miller in Kalona.

He graduated from Center High School in 1942 and attended Hesston (Kan.) College. On Oct. 4, 1944, he married Arlene Hochstetler at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church of rural Kalona.

They lived in Iowa City for 57 years, where he was employed for Sieg Auto Supply for 39 years until his retirement in 1988.

They moved to Kalona in 2001. He was an active member of Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church and the Model A Car Club. He enjoyed volunteering at the Crowded Closet and working on cars.

Survivors include his wife, Arlene; two daughters, Jane Gingerich of Punta Gorda, Fla., and Julie Derstine and her husband, Daryl, of Blooming Glen, Pa.; a sister, Kathryn Yoder of Kalona; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church. Burial was in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery.