Obituary: John O. Miller File contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by Lee Donovan LJDONOVAN@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitter PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ______________________________ This obituary come from an unknown paper. It was cut out and put into a photo album by its original owner, who gave them to me in 1997. It is a copy of the original with no corrections to its spelling or punctuation. I have changed the format to fit it onto 1 page. Final Rites For Pastor Rev. Miller Sr. Is Car Victim A former area pastor, Rev. John 0. Miller Sr., 79, was injured fatally last Friday in a traffic accident near Grove City. Rev. Miller was backing from a private driveway on Mercer Rd. after making a call on an ill member of his church when his car was struck by another automobile. He died at 5:15 p.m. less than one hour after the accident, He was in the ministry 47 years. He had served as pastor of the Center United Presbyterian Church, Grove City, for the past 16 years, held the pastorate of Carmichaels Presbyterian Church from 1926 to 1945. He was a brother-in-law of Pearl and Anne Hughes, Fairchance, and uncle of A. N. Foster Jr., Uniontown. Rev. Miller was an alumnus of Mansfield, Ohio, High School Class of 1902 and was graduated from Princeton University in 1906 when the late President Woodrow Wilson was president of the university. He received his divinity degree in, 1916 from Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, where he won the coveted Homoletic prize for his sermon on the theme, "Is the Young Man Absolem Safe?" He was a son of Rev. D. D. Miller, who served a pastorate in Jacob's Lutheran Church, German Twp. Surviving are a son, Rev. John O. Miller Jr., pastor of Saltsburg U. P. Church; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Betsy Jane) Orahood, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Gildas (Anne) Davies, Grove City; Mrs. William (Olive) Street, Rochester, Ind.; 12 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Also surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Willerton, Geneva, N. Y., Mrs. Mary George, Helen Miller, both of Lakewood, Ohio, and a brother, Dr. Dawson Miller, Brookville, Jefferson County. His wife, Jane Hughes Miller, preceded him in death in 1959 and a daughter, Mary Belle Miller Barr, in 1957. Friends will be received in Central U. P. Church, Grove City, today from noon to 2p.m., the hour of service. Dr. Boak, pastor of Grove City U. P. Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park, Grove City.