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Elmer "Lynn" Miller, 74, of New Holland, passed away
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at St. John's Hospice.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday,
March 6, 2015 at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday,
March 7, 2015 at Richmond Grove Cemetery, New
Holland.
Lynn was born May 2, 1940 in Ottawa, the son of
Elmer Miller and Esther (Saul) Miller. He married
Donna M. Gajewski on November 2, 1963 in Athens.
Mr. Miller was a member of the National Guard. Lynn
was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Lincoln.
He was a farmer in New Holland all of his life and
raised Angus Cattle. He was a lifetime member of the
American Angus Association, a member of the Illinois
Angus Association, a member of the Lemoine Valley
Angus Association where he was Past President,
member of the Logan County Angus Association where
he was Past President, member of the Illinois Beef
Association, Assistant Beef Superintendent at the
Logan County Fair, member of the Flach Memorial Day
Show, member of the Logan County Farm Bureau, a
Logan County Calf Scramble Committee Member, a
basketball referee for 18 years, a New Holland
Middletown School Board Member, a die hard Cubs fan,
and loved to play euchre and pinochle. |
Surviving are his wife Donna Miller; his daughter
Tracey Rawlings; his grandson Troy Rawlings; and his
brothers Tom Miller and Chuck Miller.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his son
Troy Lynn Miller, and an infant brother.
Memorials may be made to the Logan County Calf
Scramble, St. Jude's, or to the organization of the
Donor's Choice and will be accepted at the funeral
home.
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