Dr. Edmund Miller

1937 - 2016

Dr. Edmund M. Miller
York Haven
Dr. Edmund M. Miller, born February 15, 1937, died on March 28, 2016. He was the husband of Esther (Craft) Miller. They celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 3, 2011. He was the son of the late Ezra and Edith Miller of Mount Wolf, Pa.
Dr. Miller was the minister of St. Paul Lutheran Church in York Haven for more than 23 years. His formal education was as follows, William Penn High School class of 1955 in York, Gettysburg College (B.A.), Shippensburg State University (M.Ed.), University of London (Ph.D. studies), Penn State University (D. Ed.), Harvard University (M.Div.), Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Lancaster Theological Seminary (D.Min.), and Trinity Theological Seminary (D.Min. & Ph.D.).
Dr. Miller was the Director of Planning, York Hospital, and a V.P. for Planning at the Kennedy Memorial Hospitals in New Jersey. He was a marathon runner who ran in Athens, Greece in 1979, finishing in the top third of an international field of runners.
As an educator he taught at the University of Minnesota, served in the Department of Education in Harrisburg, and directed a Health Education Consortium at Elizabethtown College.
He enjoyed traveling and in addition to his own personal adventures, he conducted several tours to Israel and Germany.
As a member of the Susquehanna Lions Club, Dr. Miller was the 2005 delegate to the International Festival in Hong Kong, China. Presently, he was the District 14C Chaplain for the local Lions Clubs. He was an elected Borough Official for more than twenty years and a Chaplain for the Susquehanna Fire Company in York Haven. He was a Health Care Provider with Mentally Retarded Adults at Community Services, Inc., York, after his work at York Hospital. He was a director of the Northeastern County Senior Center during the 1980's and became an active member of the Center in later years.
As a lay minister at St. Paul Lutheran Church in York Haven, he represented his congregation at the Northeastern Food Pantry and the regional Lutheran Thrivant Foundation. Dr. Miller was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Mount Wolf.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Susquehanna Fire Company #1 of York Haven, PA. 17370 or to the Northeastern Community Senior Center, P.O. Box 386, 131 Center Street, Mount Wolf, PA. 17347.
His funeral service will begin at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 1, 2016 at Diehl Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 87 S. Main St., Mount Wolf. Viewing will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Officiating at the service will be the Reverend Suzanne Elliott of Calvary United Methodist Church of Fayettsville, who is the niece of Dr. Miller. Interment will take place at Manchester Union Cemetery in Manchester.