CALVIN MILLER

IANTHA- A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home in Lamar for Calvin Lee Miller, 78, who died Monday morning, Jan. 24, 2022, at his farm in Iantha.

Condolences may be left online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Janet, of the home; children, LeAnna Judd and husband David, Middletown, Va., Lori Harris and husband Rob, Bolivar and Lisa Diehl and husband Ken, Omaha, Neb.; 12 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; siblings, Lorene and Roy Sprenkle, Doyle and Judy Miller, Keith and Kathy Miller, Sharon and Henry Stout and Larry Miller and a sister-in-law, Joan Miller.

He was preceded in death by his sister and her husband, LaVerne and Marion Sprouls; a brother and his wife, Kenneth and Jean Miller; a brother Lloyd Miller and a sister-in-law Bell Miller.

Mr. Miller was born Oct. 7, 1943, in Pryor, Okla., to Theodore and Genetta (Tuell) Miller. The Miller family moved from Oklahoma to their dairy farm north of Iantha in 1946. He was a 1961 graduate of Liberal High School.

He married Janet Rives on Aug. 4, 1963, at the Iantha Baptist Church. First and foremost he was a farmer. He was well versed in the art of farming and was called on by many neighbors for help with such things as artificial insemination and fixing tractors. He loved to hunt and fish and enjoyed teaching his grandchildren about the outdoors.

While farming he worked in a variety of places including McNally Pittsburgh Foundry, Robertson’s Dairy, manager at Iantha MFA co-op and he was the night manager at Walmart for 15 years, but working on the farm was his life’s calling.

He loved to yodel, whistle and sing bass. He also loved to make people laugh. He will be remembered by his neighbors as always willing to lend a helping hand.