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     Lyle C. Miller was born on 5 December 1925, Fearnot, Schuylkill County, PA.² He died on 2 April 2016, Tremont Helth and Rehabilitation Center, Tremont, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 90.³
Newspaper obituary:
Lyle C. Miller, 90, of Valley View, passed away Saturday at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center.
He was born in Fearnot, Dec. 5, 1925, a son of the late William D. and Iva Klouser Miller.
He was a graduate of Hubley Township High School, Class of 1943. He graduated from Lebanon Valley College, Annville, with a bachelor of science degree in business administration and economics and received his master's degree in commerce and finance from Bucknell University, Lewisburg.
He served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Missouri and was present for the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
He was employed briefly as a professor at Bucknell University and was head of the accounting department of the former Alcoa Aluminum Co.
He was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View, where he taught the adult Sunday school class for many years. He was also a member of Valley Lodge F&AM 797.
Lyle enjoyed spending his weekends antiquing at various sales and also enjoyed spending time on his farm.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, William and Myles Miller, and an infant brother, Dean.
He is survived by his wife, Carloyn Schwalm Miller, to whom he was married for 69 years; a daughter, Cindy L. Reed and her husband, Bill, Valley View, and a son, Dan Miller and his wife, Barbara, Sacramento; four grandchildren, Brett Reed, Brad Reed, Josh Miller and Kayla Masser; five great-grandchildren, Juliana, Brett and Jordan Reed, and Isaac and Isabelle; a sister, Ethel Kehler; two brothers, Ivan and Mark Miller; nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Duane Bardo officiating. The Masonic service will begin at 10:50 a.m. A viewing will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Interment with military honors will follow in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.
Published in Republican & Herald on Apr. 4, 2016.³
He was buried on 6 April 2016, at Saint Andrews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.⁴