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Donald Raymond
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1926 - 2017
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Obituary for Donald Raymond Miller
TENANTS HARBOR – Donald Raymond Miller, 90, died Friday, April 28, 2017 at the Sussman House after suffering a stroke.
Born in Portland, August 3, 1926 he was the son of Clayton and Verona Watt Miller. Donald’s father was killed in an automobile accident November 11, 1930, after which Donald and his three siblings were raised by their mother and other family members.
He began working at age 14, driving trucks. Nicknamed ‘Red’, he also worked as a mechanic at Stanley’s Garage in Rockland for a few years. In 1948 he went to Maine Sea Products as boss mechanic, including welding as well as making truck framing and trailers.
After almost 20 years employment with Maine Sea Products, in 1968 he became self-employed, establishing Don Miller Used Cars, Tenants Harbor, Maine. He successfully ran that business selling used cars, doing all of his own mechanical and body work. At his best times, he averaged at least 100 cars sold a year.
He was married to Caroline Bodman and they had two children. After retiring in 1983, he and Caroline wintered in Florida in their Elan Winnebago motorhome. On the C.B. Radio, he had the handle of ‘Camper Man’ and Caroline was called ‘Minnie Winnie’.
For the last seven years, Mr. Miller had been battling declining health.
Donald was predeceased by his wife, Caroline in September 1994, their daughter Jeannine A. Colpritt in November 2009, his mother Verona Miller at age 104, in 2008 and a brother Winslow Miller in 2006. He is survived by his son Richard and his wife Bonnie Miller, son-in-law Linwood Colpritt, Jr. all of St. George; his grandchildren, Caroline Hooper, Linwood Colpritt, III and his wife Valerie, Nicholas Miller and his wife Ashley; great-grandchildren, Cory, Sam and Morgan Hooper, Timothy and Dylan Colpritt, Aviana Miller and great-great-grandchildren, Casper Hooper and Colby Dodge; two sisters, Thelma Berry of Hyannis, MA, and Verona Curtis of Port Clyde, as well as several nieces and nephews.
A service of remembrance will be held for Donald at 11:00am, Monday, May 22, 2017. at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland. A reception will follow at the funeral home’s 104 Limerock Street center.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the St. George Firefighters and Ambulance Association, P. O. Box 249, Tenants Harbor, ME 04860.
Born in Portland, August 3, 1926 he was the son of Clayton and Verona Watt Miller. Donald’s father was killed in an automobile accident November 11, 1930, after which Donald and his three siblings were raised by their mother and other family members.
He began working at age 14, driving trucks. Nicknamed ‘Red’, he also worked as a mechanic at Stanley’s Garage in Rockland for a few years. In 1948 he went to Maine Sea Products as boss mechanic, including welding as well as making truck framing and trailers.
After almost 20 years employment with Maine Sea Products, in 1968 he became self-employed, establishing Don Miller Used Cars, Tenants Harbor, Maine. He successfully ran that business selling used cars, doing all of his own mechanical and body work. At his best times, he averaged at least 100 cars sold a year.
He was married to Caroline Bodman and they had two children. After retiring in 1983, he and Caroline wintered in Florida in their Elan Winnebago motorhome. On the C.B. Radio, he had the handle of ‘Camper Man’ and Caroline was called ‘Minnie Winnie’.
For the last seven years, Mr. Miller had been battling declining health.
Donald was predeceased by his wife, Caroline in September 1994, their daughter Jeannine A. Colpritt in November 2009, his mother Verona Miller at age 104, in 2008 and a brother Winslow Miller in 2006. He is survived by his son Richard and his wife Bonnie Miller, son-in-law Linwood Colpritt, Jr. all of St. George; his grandchildren, Caroline Hooper, Linwood Colpritt, III and his wife Valerie, Nicholas Miller and his wife Ashley; great-grandchildren, Cory, Sam and Morgan Hooper, Timothy and Dylan Colpritt, Aviana Miller and great-great-grandchildren, Casper Hooper and Colby Dodge; two sisters, Thelma Berry of Hyannis, MA, and Verona Curtis of Port Clyde, as well as several nieces and nephews.
A service of remembrance will be held for Donald at 11:00am, Monday, May 22, 2017. at Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland. A reception will follow at the funeral home’s 104 Limerock Street center.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the St. George Firefighters and Ambulance Association, P. O. Box 249, Tenants Harbor, ME 04860.
Phone: 207-594-4212
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Rockland ME04841
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