Dr. Don M. Miller, 90, died February 17, 2016. He was born July 31, 1925 near Clarksville, Iowa, the son of Otto and Myrtle (Mayland) Miller. Don spent his early years in Cedar Falls and was a 1943 graduate of Charles City, Iowa, High School. He attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, for naval officer training to be a pilot. In 1949, Don received his medical degree from Podiatry Institute of Chicago. Don was a member of First Presbyterian Church, a member of Rotary and Hutchinson Town Clubs and a lifetime member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68. He served on the Board of Trustees at Hutchinson Community College for 30 years, was a radio personality and reader for the blind with KHCC Public Radio and was a forerunner in sports medicine and physical therapy for HCC. Dr. Miller also had been a team host and an announcer for the NJCAA Basketball Tournament.
On January 5, 1952, he married Barbara Dean Clark in Hutchinson. She died June 24, 2007. Don is survived by: their sons and spouses, David (Marty) of Kansas City, MO, and William (Lisa) of Tallahassee, FL; and grandsons, Cole and Jackson.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson with the Reverend Mark H. Miller presiding. Burial will follow with U.S. Navy Honors at Fairlawn Burial Park. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary. Memorial gifts may be made to the HCC Endowment Association, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.