Miller, Ray Lee (1935-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jul 25 p. 8

Birth date: 1935 Dec 12

text of obituary:

RAY LEE MILLER

Ray Lee Miller, 69, of Orrville, Ohio, died June 7, 2005, at Doctors Hospital in Massillon following a sudden illness. He was born Dec. 12, 1935, to Eli L. and Lucy (Hochstetler) Miller in Apple Creek.

He married Arlene M. Lehman on Aug. 6, 1957, at Wooster Mennonite Church.

Although he previously hauled milk for Blough Brothers and Wayne D. "Tuffy" Kurtz, he was a dairy farmer and a Holmes and Wayne County resident all of his life. He was proud to contribute to his community in a variety of ways, which included rebuilding churches, serving as a volunteer fireman and donating 21-plus gallons of blood over the years through American Red Cross blood drives. His favorite hobby was spending time with his children and grandchildren. He was a member of Wooster Mennonite Church.

Survivors include his wife, Arlene; two sons and four daughters, Bonnie Miller of Shreve, Louella Becker and her husband, Ronald, and Russell Miller and his wife, Mary, both of Orrville, Amy Bugaj and her husband, Greg, of Wooster, Allen "Dale" Miller and his wife, Karen, of Shreve, and Nancy Speicher and her husband, Rusty, of Loudonville; four sisters, Mary Ann Kandel of Berlin, Leona Miller and Mabel Gable, both of Apple Creek, and Ruby Lehman of Mount Eaton; 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a nephew.

Services were held at Wooster Mennonite Church. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery.