Bruce Eugene Miller

1939 - 2017

Bruce Eugene Miller passed away from heart failure peacefully at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 20, 2017, with his wife by his side.

Bruce was born on April 15, 1939, in Newton, to Chalmers "Chink" Hutton Miller and Florence May (Heck) Miller.

Bruce graduated from Kansas State University in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education and U.S. history. He and then wife Sara Kathryn (Sylten) Miller of Hiawatha moved to Tasmania, Australia, to teach school. Upon returning to the U.S., he earned his law degree in 1970, from Washburn University in Topeka.

A scholar and a gentleman, he spent his entire career in the pursuit of community service. He served as a high school teacher in Kansas, and Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. After earning his law degree and a short time in private practice in Hiawatha, he served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas, based in Topeka, and later as Deputy Attorney General, Chief of Litigation for the State of Kansas. He was then appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court as Disciplinary Administrator for the state.

Bruce and Holly Lynn Edmonson of Herington were married by the honorable Robert Miller, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court in 1982 and they were inseparable for 35 years.

After retiring from the Disciplinary Administrator's Office in 1995, he and Holly moved to Arizona to build a home and bed and breakfast amongst the hummingbirds of the Chiricahua Mountains. In 1999, they moved to Las Vegas, where he spent the remainder of his years living in the Summerlin area.

Bruce loved physical activity. During his career and into retirement he spent most lunch breaks at the YMCA, swimming and participating in a variety of sports. Weekends were full of outdoor activities, including gardening, biking, hiking and camping. Riding his bicycle across Kansas was a yearly event in the 1990s. Bruce enjoyed social activities and he and Holly hosted many holiday parties and social gatherings in their home in Topeka. He organized canoe trips and ski trips for his office staff and family most years. One of his passions was playing chess and he was a member of a chess club in Topeka.

Bruce is survived by his wife Holly; his brother, Richard Chalmers Miller of Wichita; his half-brother, Steve Neil Miller of Brentwood, Tennessee; sons, Peter Martin (Kristin) Miller of Grants Pass, Oregon and David Malcolm (Anne) Miller of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; grandchildren, Sadie and Karl Miller of Oregon, and Katie and Benjamin Miller of Minnesota.