JAMES W. “JIMMY” MILLER

BLOOMFIELD. JAMES W. “JIMMY” MILLER, age 86 of Iowa City, Iowa and former Bloomfield resident died Tuesday May 10, 2005 at Greenwood Manor in Iowa City. He was born November 23, 1918 in Stiles, Iowa to Harry Clinton and Ethel Petefish Miller. He married Eula Maxine Waughop August 16, 1944 in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1936 and served in the United States Army Air Corp during World War II. He owned and operated Miller Meat Market in Bloomfield for several years and later entered the livestock purchasing business with his father in Bloomfield. He later moved to Woodward, Iowa and was a State of Iowa employee, serving as head of the meat department at the Woodward State Hospital for 20 years, retiring in 1982. He was a member of the Bloomfield Christian Church and Reed Whisler Post #78 of the American Legion in Bloomfield.

He is survived by his wife Maxine Miller of Iowa City, Iowa; a daughter Regina Brown and husband Greg of Wapello, Iowa and 2 grandchildren Clinton Brown of Pella, Iowa and Ashley Brown of Wapello, Iowa.

He is preceded in death by his parents.

Graveside services will be at 1:00 PM Friday May 13, 2005 at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield with Rev. James Wakelin officiating. Military rites will be performed by Reed Whisler Post #78 of the American Legion in Bloomfield. Open visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM Friday at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Family visitation will be held at the Bloomfield Christian Church following the service. Memorials have been established to the Bloomfield Christian Church and the Avenue of Flags at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield.