Delor Miller

"Delor Miller" KINGSFORD - Delor "Bud" M. Miller, 80, of 121 Newton St., Kingsford, died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, at ManorCare Health Services in Kingsford. He was born on May 29, 1923, in Rio, Wis., son of the late Clinton and Laura (Mack) Miller. He moved to Kingsford in 1925 and attended Kingsford schools, graduating in 1941. He worked in Milwaukee for two years and then went into the U.S. Navy in 1943 at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Chicago. He was shipped to California and served during World War II on the USS Waters. He was stationed on several South Pacific Islands as a radar operator. After returning home, he worked for Branz Mechanical Contractors until his retirement in 1980. He married Betty Ozzello on June 28, 1947, at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Kingsford. They enjoyed 56 wonderful years together. He enjoyed going to coffee with the guys at the Iron Mountain Senior Center. He also enjoyed going to camp, hunting, fishing, golf, watching the Green Bay Packers, and spending time with family and friends. Bud was involved with the Kingsford Little League, United Commercial Travelers (UCT) Club, Sorba Club, and the American Legion. He was preceded in death by a brother, Donald R. Miller; a sister, Jonquil Willis; a sister-in-law, Pat Ozzello; a son, Perry John Miller; and a grandson, Nicholas Emil Dunlap. He is survived by his wife, Betty (Ozzello) Miller; three daughters, Dr. Jean M. Wortock of St. Petersburg, Fla., Peg Alfred of DePere, Wis. and Ann (David) Dunlap of Niagara; a son, Daniel J. (Carrie) Miller of Kingsford; 11 grandchildren, Andy, Allison, Jacob, Sabrina, Stephanie, D.J., Ariel, Nathaniel, Chantel, Lexy, and Faith; a sister, Mary Lou (William) Rabenburg of East Kingsford; four brothers-in-law, John Willis of Bokeelia, Fla., Dr. Lawerence Ozzello of Eau Claire, Wis., James (Carrie) Ozzello of Livonia, N.Y. and Anthony Ozzello of East Kingsford; many nieces and nephews; and special friends, Jerry Taff, Fr. Joseph O. Gouin, and George Blagec. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home in Iron Mountain. Parish Prayers will be recited at 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home and at 10 a.m. at the American Martyrs Catholic Church. Fr. Joseph Gouin will offer the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in the Quinnesec Cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Condolences may be expressed to the Miller family online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with the funeral arrangements.

Delor Miller

May 29, 1923 - September 10, 2003