OBIT: Merdith W. "Merdie" MILLER, 2005, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Miller, Merdith W. "Merdie"  08/17/05  Daily American
  
  Merdith W. "Merdie" Miller, 82, Somerset, formerly of Indian Head, died Aug.
  15, 2005, at Somerset Hospital. Born Feb. 17, 1923, in Kingview, Fayette
  County, a son of the late J. Frank and Laura Echard Miller. In addition to his
  parents he is preceded in death by his loving wife of 42 years, Doris Brooks
  Miller, and one sister, Alverda "Sis" Johnson. He is survived by his children,
  S. Gordon Miller and his wife, Sharon, Connellsville; Mary Elizabeth Oglevee
  and her husband, Craig, Somerset; and Malora Bentz and her husband, Earl,
  Somerset; grandchildren, Andrew, Nicholas and Timothy Miller, Adrian, Nathan
  and his wife, Noelle, and Seth Custer and Laura Whitehead; step grandchildren:
  Stefan and his wife, Melissa, Ethan and his wife, Danielle and Ashley Oglevee,
  Jessica Rankin and Rebekah Bentz; step great-grandchildren: Max and Alexandra
  Oglevee and Johnny and Theodore Rankin. Brother of Simon P. Miller and his
  wife, Carol, Easley, S.C.; Evelyn Lane and her husband, Robert, Connellsville;
  and Charles Miller and his wife, Diane, West Overton. Also survived by his
  special friend and companion Mary Ellen Meyn, Indian Head. "Merdie" was a 1943
  graduate of the former East Huntingdon Township High School. He was a
  professional long-distance truck driver for more than 30 years and he was the
  owner/operator of Miller's Saw Sharpening and Outdoor Equipment Sales. He is a
  veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II. He was a member and past
  president of the Roof Garden Model Airplane Club and a member of the Laurel
  Highlands Model Railroad Club. He was also an active member of the Indian Head
  Church of God. Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Clyde
  Brooks Funeral Home Inc., Route 711, Melcroft, where a service will be held 11
  a.m. Friday. The Rev. Dennis Arndt officiating. Interment will follow in the
  Mount Nebo Cemetery, Saltlick Township. To sign the guest registry visit
  www.brooksfuneralhomes.com