Richard Miller
(1935 - 2019)
Obituary
Richard Chalmers Miller, 84, retired from the Army & Air
Force Exchange Service (AAFES), died Tuesday (June 25, 2019). He was born May
7, 1935, in Newton, the son of Chalmers (Chink) Hutton Miller and Florence May
Heck.
Over his lifetime, Richard was on the football team for
Newton High School when they won the first Ark Valley football championship in
1952. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and graduated from Kansas State
University. He entered the Army through ROTC in 1958.
Richard was stationed for 18 months at Fort Riley as an
Infantry Officer. For a while, he worked for Montgomery Ward in Kansas and
Missouri. He joined the Army & Air Force Exchange Service from 1968 until
he retired in 1993. During this time, he was assigned to Goose Bay AFB,
Labrador, Canada; Incerlik AFB, Adana, Turkey; Karlsrule, Germany and Elmendorf
AFB and Anchorage, Alaksa. In 50 years, Richard estimated that he moved 27
times.
He married Carole Thurman in December 1955 and began his
adult life. They had two children, one boy and one girl. He aspired to be a
farmer like his grandfathers.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Eileen (Behen)
Kuhns of Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Aug. 1, 1982. They were married in August 1975.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Flora Harriett (Winter) Smith of Mesa,
Arizona, on Dec. 2, 2005. They were married in February 1985. He was also
preceded in death by his brother, Bruce Miller; his half-brother, Dave Calico;
and stepchild, Eileen Lee (Calvin).
He is survived by his half-brother, Steve Miller of
Brentwood, Tennessee; his son, Doug Miller (Stacy) of Dover, Delaware; his
daughter, Kim Wentling (Randy) of Wichita; his granddaughters, Anna King and
Amelia Miller (Michael Girgues); his grandsons, Greg and Nic Wentling of
Wichita; great-grandchildren, Abby and Lilly Wentling; stepchildren: Chuck
Kuhns (Kathi) of Fairbanks, Alaska, Mary Margaret Spirakus (Frank) of Chandler,
Arizona, Jim Kuhns (Donna) of Cheyenne, Wyoming, John Kuhns (Jenny) of
Fullerton, California, Cheryl Richgels (Tom) of Mesa, Arizona, and Cary Smith
of Colorado; and step-grandchildren, AJ and David Lee.
No services will be held. Inurnment will be held at Harper
Cemetery, Harper.
