Cecil Earl Miller

Mr. Miller died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, at Brandon Woods Retirement Community.

He was born May 24, 1925, in Smith Center, the son of Byron Leroy and Nellie May (McNeil) Miller.

Mr. Miller spent part of his life in Seattle. He moved to Lawrence, where he attended grade school and high school.

He served in the Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945, training at Camp Gruber, Okla. He then served in England, Belgium France, Germany and Czechoslovakia. He earned a Good Conduct Medal, European Theater of Operations ribbon and Good Marksmanship Medal.

Mr. Miller was an electrician and worked for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 226 for many years. He also worked for the state of Kansas.

He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Alford-Clarke Post No. 852 in Lawrence. He attended Victory Tabernacle Church in Topeka.

Survivors include his wife, Helen, of the home; two sons, Cecil Jr., Belton, Mo., and Timothy, Emporia; a brother Eldon, Ozawkie; three stepchildren; five grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. They suggest memorials to the Heart of America Hospice, sent in care of the mortuary.

Online condolences can be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com. Subject: Miller.