Obit: Miller, Bernard W. (1947 - 2016)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Fox, Geiger, Hart, Hermanson, Komarek, Meier, Miller, Phillips, Schlenvogt

----Source: WIGM/WKEB Obituaries (Medford, WI) 4/31/2016

Miller, Bernard W. (21 JUL 1947 - 26 APR 2016)

Bernard W. Miller, age 68 of the Town of Holway, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at his residence, under the tender care of Hope Hospice.

A Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 PM on Friday, April 29, 2016 at the Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford. Interment will be held in Hillcrest Cemetery in the Town of Spirit, Taylor County. Family and friends are welcome from 1:00 PM until time of service on Friday at the funeral home. The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford is entrusted with the arrangements.

Bernard was born on July 21, 1947, the son of William and Norma (Meier) Miller in Prentice, WI. He attended Prentice High School.

Bernard married Brenda Komarek on June 22, 1987 in Bessemer, MI.

Bernard worked for the Chicago Northwest Rail Road in Milwaukee and the oil fields in Texas for a number of years and most recently logged in Ely, MN, Custer, SD, and in Price County, WI until becoming disabled. They then purchased a hobby farm in the Town of Holway.

Bernard loved to garden, tending his animals on his hobby farm, canning, traveling, singing (especially Johnny Cash music) and reading history books.

He is survived by his wife: Brenda Miller of Medford, children: Dawn Schlenvogt of Port Washington, Clifford Miller of Port Washington, Wendy (Terrance) Hart of Fredonia, Heidi (Trampus) Geiger of Athens, Heather (Thomas) Fox of Dorchester and Isaac (Kristina Hermanson) of Mosinee, grandchildren: Dakota, Amber, Skylar, Jordan, Sophia, Leigha, Benjamin, Jayden, Riley and Payton. He is further survived by his brother: James Miller and a sister: Nelda Phillips.

He was preceded in death by his grandson; Stephen Paul Miller and a brother; Richard Miller.

Family and friends may express condolences online at www.maurinaschilling.com.

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