Dirk W. Miller 1908-1974

MILLER, GAAS, NELSON, MONGER

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/2/2001 at 19:59:17

DIRK W. MILLER

Dirk W. Miller, son of George and Lucia Gaas Miller was born June 5, 1908, near Bonaparte, Ia. He grew to manhood near his birthplace and attended rural grade school. He graduated from Bonaparte High School with the class of 1925.

On June 6, 1938, he married Jean Nelson at Corning, Iowa. They are the parents of two children, Michael and Jane.

Soon after graduating from Iowa State University the couple moved to Jefferson, where Mr. Miller taught vocational agriculture until his retirement from the Jefferson Community School system on May, 1974.

During W. W. II, Dirk served his country as an officer in the United States Navy.

At the time of his death, he was teaching vocational agriculture at Carroll and Kuemper High School in Carroll.

Dirk was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Jefferson, where he taught Sunday School for ten years and was an Elder of the church. He was also a member of Jefferson Rotary Club and Past President of the Iowa Vocational Teachers
Association.

Mr. Miller died Friday, October 4, 1974, in Omaha, Nebr. Services were October 8, burial was in the Jefferson Cemetery. He is survided [sic] by his wife, Jean, his son, Michael and daughter-in-law Rita of Anchorage, Alaska, his daughter, Jane of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a granddaughter, Heather Miller, one brother, Louis Miller of Davenport, one sister, Mrs. Edith Monger of Omaha, an uncle, Edward S. Gaas, Prairie City, and other relatives and friends.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 270 of Obit Bk #1 1963-1974 found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in July 1999. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given, however handwritten on the obit is "10 Oct 1974.") ORIGINAL POST 30 Sep 1999.

I am NOT related to Dirk W. Miller and am posting his obit for those who may find him in their family history.