Miller, Amos A. (1904-1987)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1987 Feb 19 p. 6

Birth date: 1904

text of obituary:

Veteran Church Worker Dies At Hagerstown At the Age of 83

Hagerstown, Md.-Retired Mennonite Church worker Amos A. Miller died Jan. 30 at Washington County Hospital here. He was 83.

He and his wife, Lydia, began their married life as Sunday school teachers and church workers at Pinesburg Mennonite Church, Williamsport, Md., in 1926.

In the 1950s they moved to Atmore, Ala., where they helped in community and church work with the Poarch Mennonite Congregation.

In the 1960s they commuted to Stephen City Mennonite Church, Winchester, Va., to help in summer Bible school and church work.

In their later years they helped at Lanes Run Mennonite Church, Clearspring, Md.

Miller's commercial asparagus cannery was used for many years as a meat canning center for Mennonite Central Committee.

His survivors include his wife, four children, 16 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.