OBIT: Rev. Ivan J. MILLER, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  REV. IVAN J. MILLER
  
    Rev. Ivan J. Miller, 78, Grantsville, Md., died Friday, July 28,
  1989, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    Born May 7, 1911, in Grantsville, Md., he was the son of the late
  Jonas B. and Barbara (Swartzentruber) Miller.
    The Rev. Miller was ordained a conservative Mennonite minister in
  1938 and designated a bishop in 1953.  He served as pastor of the
  Maple Glen Conservative Mennonite Church for a number of years and
  had charge of the Casselman River Conservative Mennonite churches.
    The Rev. Miller also was owner and operator of the Casselman
  Restaurant and Motel and Casselman Ventures with his wife.  He was an
  authority on local history and frequently spoke to area organizations.
    Surviving are his widow, Della (Bender) Miller; four sons: David I.
  Miller, Irwin, Ohio; Philip I. Miller, Jarrettsville; Timothy I.
  Miller and Stephen I. Miller, both of Grantsville, Md.; six
  daughters: Mrs. Esther M. Yoder and Joanna Miller, both of
  Grantsville, Md.; Mrs. Rachel Yoder, Bronx, N.Y.; Mrs. Miriam Maust,
  Accident, Md.; Mrs. Ruth Yoder, Flint, Mich.; and Mrs. Dorcas Lehman,
  Leola; three sisters: Mrs. Edna Maust, Catherine J. Miller and Mrs.
  Rhoda Maust, all of Grantsville, Md.; 21 grandchildren and eight
  great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville, Md.,
  where services were conducted Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Maple Glen
  Conservative Mennonite Church by the Rev. Ivan J. Maust and the Rev.
  James D. Miller.  Interment, church cemetery.
  
  The Republic, August 3, 1989
  
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