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Services for
Clarence "Dave" Miller, 81, of Nampa, who died Sunday, July
27 at his home, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, at
the Alsip Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Gene F. Hipskind, pastor
of the Nampa Church
of the Brethren, will officiate.
Burial will follow
in the
Middleton
Cemetery.
Mr. Miller was
born on Sept. 20, 1904, at
Tekoa, Wash., to John G. and Sarah F. Glick Miller.
At a young age he came to the
Nampa
area with his parents where he was reared and educated.
He also attended the
Intermountain Institute in Weiser.
After his schooling
he entered the U.S. Army and served during WWII.
While in the service
he was stationed in China.
He was honorably
discharged in 1945 and moved to
Petersburg, Va.
He married Elna
Glascock on December 27, 1949, at
Greensboro, Md. He
had been a salesman for some time and later started selling
life insurance. He
worked for Northwestern Life Insurance Co. for several
years. While in Virginia he also taught
school in the mountains. She
died on March 26, 1977. He
then returned to Nampa.
He married Lois
Mayfield Hawkins on Sept. 17, 1982, in
Nampa and they lived in Nampa and
Petersburg,
Va.
He was a member of
the Nampa Church
of the Brethren. He
was also a member of the Live Long and Like It Club and a
member of the Pythians. He
had been a member of the Barbershop Singers for many years.
Mr. Miller is
survived by his wife of Nampa; three stepdaughters, Joan
Hawkins Slater, Petersburg, Va., Leta Hawkins Brenner,
Ashland, Ohio, Alexa Hawkins Westfall, Colonial Heights,
Va.; three sisters, Ethel M. Johnson and Edith E. Miller,
both of Middleton, and Esther M. Owen, Roanoke, Va.; one
brother, Walter D. Miller, North Manchester, Ind.; nine
grandchildren; twin great-grandsons; and numerous nieces and
nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his first wife, his parents, and
two brothers, Beauford and Ray. Memorial contributions may
be made to a favorite charity or flowers may be sent.
Friends may call
at the Alsip Funeral Chapel today from 1 to 9 p.m. and
Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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