Miller, LeRoy D. (1949-1971)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1971 Dec 16 p. 2

Birth date: 1949

text of obituary:

Young Father Dies Of Gunshot Wound

Sugarcreek, Ohio. — A young Amish father of rural Fredericksburg died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during a Thanksgiving Day hunting trip.

LeRoy D. Miller, 22, a patient at Massillon State Hospital for six weeks, was granted a leave to go home for the holiday. Roy and Ivan Mast, his father-in-law and brother-in-law, went hunting with him on the Miller farm, and as they approached a small rise, Miller stepped behind a tree and shot himself. He had been ill since March of this year.

He leaves his widow and an 11-month-old daughter.