Alvin A. Miller, 73, of Emporia, Kansas, died Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka.
Alvin Albert Miller, the son of Albert Henry and Helen Josephine Vogts Miller, was born December 28, 1939 on the family farm southwest of Olpe, Kansas. He attended the Dixon Elementary school and graduated from Emporia High School in 1957. He then attended Emporia State University for one year.
He married Glenda Sue Bolte on June 23, 1963 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Durham, Kansas. They just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 23, 2013.
Alvin worked in the shipping and receiving departments at Woolworth, Crawford Manufacturing Company, Woolco, and Walmart, from 1983 until his retirement in 2006.
He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, a former member of Zion Lutheran Church, and the Emporia Bowlers Association.
He leaves his wife of 50 years Glenda Sue Miller, and their daughter, Pamela Diane Miller, both of Emporia.
Funeral services will be held at Messiah Lutheran Church at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Pastor Norbert Tegtmeier of the church will officiate. Burial will be follow at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, southwest of Olpe.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home. The family requests that everyone wear their ESU attire, or black and gold, since Alvin loved ESU sports so much.
Memorial contributions to Messiah Lutheran Church may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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