Kurtus Ryan MILLER

MILLER, STILLWELL, CLAEYS, PIERSALL, EPACH, GOEPEL, WHITTY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/21/2009 at 09:17:58

March 11, 2000
Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa

KANAWHA, Iowa — Kurtus Ryan Miller, 20, went home to be with his Savior and Lord Jesus Christ, Monday, March 6, 2000, in an apartment fire Monday in Iowa City. Services for Kurtus will be 2 p.m. Sunday at West Hancock High School, Britt. The Rev. David Wiersbe and the Rev. Doug Anderson will officiate. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today at Ewing Funeral Home, Britt, and one hour before the services Sunday at the school. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Britt.

Kurtus was born the first of four children to Matthew and Carol (Stillwell) Miller on June 25, 1979, in Davenport. Kurtus lived nine years in Davenport before moving to Wyoming for four years, then to Kanawha, where he lived five years. He graduated from West Hancock High School, Britt, in May 1997. Kurtus was a member of the 1996 state championship football team. He then attended North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, for two years. At the beginning of their senior year, Kurtus and Laura Goepel met. They dated for three years and on July 24, 1999, Kurtus and Laura were joined in Christian marriage at First United Methodist Church, Mason City. They moved in August 1999 to Iowa City, where Kurtus worked at MCI and HyVee South Deli, Iowa City, while attending night classes at Kirkwood Community College. Kurtus loved to spend as much time with Laura as possible. They planned trips to travel to new places to experience new things together. He has such a gentle spirit and courteous to all. Kurtus also loved being with his sisters and his nephews.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include his parents; his sisters, Christena, Melissa and Sara Miller, all of New London; grandparents, Harold and Edna Stillwell, Davenport, Janet Claeys, Bettendorf, and Robert and Pam Miller, Reno, Nev.; great-grandmothers, Velma Piersall, Davenport, and Irene Epach, Marietta, Ga.; in-laws, Craig and Jean Goepel, Britt; sister-in-law, Sarah Goepel, Ames, Stacey Goepel, and his wife, Kari, and their two sons, Seth and Kolby, Britt; and grandparents-in-law, Gene and Arlene Goepel, Britt, and Lee and Tom Whitty. Belmond.

Kurtus was a wonderful husband, son, brother, brother-in-law and friend to all, and will be missed greatly by family and friends. A memorial fund in Kurtus' name has been established to the glory of God.