Miller, Lewis Bender (1929-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Aug 11 p. 8

Birth date: 1929

text of obituary:

LEWIS BENDER MILLER

Lewis Bender Miller, 74, of Rome City, Ind., died May 26, 2003, in an equipment accident at his home. He was born to Ina S. and Fannie Mae Bender Miller.

He attended country school through ninth grade in Elkhart County. Later, he graduated from Goshen College and the University of Chicago.

He was baptized and joined Benton Mennonite Church as a young man.

On Nov. 23, 1950, he married Lois Mary Hartman of Goshen.

He was pastor at Elmwood Mennonite Church of Kendallville from 1953 to 1970. He later became pastor of Lake Bethel Mennonite Church in LaGrange from 1986 to 2000.

He retired in 2000 after 27 years as a social worker at Northeastern Center, but he continued to serve as a counselor at Westview School Corp. in Topeka and to work with children with disabilities at ARC Opportunities in LaGrange County.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Lois; two children, Phil and his wife, Jenny, of Moline, Ill., and Jolene Pettigrew and her husband, J. David, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and five grandchildren.

Services were held at Shore Mennonite Church in Shipshewana.