The Rev. Lyle Miller preached his last sermon to his Cedar Christian Church
family on November 29, 2020. Lyle died December 22 under Hospice care,
tended by his children and extended family at his rural Stockton, Kansas
home. Lyle was born March 13, 1928 in Formoso, Kansas to Elza Otto and
Mary Adeline (Beanblossom) Miller.
Lyle graduated from Burr Oak High School where he ran track. He
received the Glenn Cunningham Mile award in 1946. Lyle graduated High
school just as the draft ended for WWII. He chose to serve 2 summers
serving his community by working for the Youth Peace Caravan. The Peace
Caravan was a Brethren Church mission effort originating after WWII,
eventually evolving into Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP). Lyle
spoke in a Dec. 1946 pre-curser to the United Nations as a part of the
Peace Caravan.
Lyle was the first college graduate in his family, graduating from
McPherson College in 1951. On June 11, 1950 , Jeannie and Lyle were
married at the Waterloo, Iowa Church of the Brethren. Their first
churches were Kensington/Beulah. Other churches served include Pleasant
View/ Hunter, Scandia/Courtland/Norway, Tisdale/Burden,
Stockton/Woodston, Rose Valley and finally Cedar Christian Church. He
also taught school and was a chaplain at the Beloit Girls Industrial
School for several years. Lyle served God for 70 plus years, living a
life worthy of the “call”.
Lyle joins his parents, and son Mark, siblings Donald, George, Virgil, Virginia, Frances and Gladys in Paradise.
Services will be announced soon