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Mike Miller
Norcross, GA, USA
Mail List Administrator
2020-Present
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"Actually, this is more like a personal goal for me!,
but I'm not sure that I can fulfill during my lifetime
. . . but I'm going to give it one heck of of a try." ~10 Oct 2002
(Note: Mike died Oct 17, 2003)
Michael "Mike" P. Miller, 72, of Norcross, GA. b. 3 Aug 1942 - died 17 Oct 2003, age 72; buried at Peachtree Memorial, Cemetery, Duluth, GA. Mike was a dedicated DVHH supporter and long time Banater Researcher. After several email attempts
and no reply, I began
calling his telephone
numbers from time to time. I
finally reached his wife on
20 Apr 2004, she told me the
sad news. He had died
last October. Mike was a man who
always reached out to
help others. Banat listers may
recall his posting "I
want to send a computer
to Romania" this was a typical act
of kindness he would do. Mike wrote the "FrontPage Tutorial for DVHH
Village Coordinators" designed to give to a
high-level introduction to using Front Page 2000
and later to help the Village Coordinator create
and maintain village web sites. This
tutorial took a while for Mike to put together
and I hope he knew how much it was appreciated. Mike lived in the
Atlanta area, as I do
and although we talked
on the phone many times
about getting together
with our families and
making sausage, it just
never happened. I wish
now we had made time. We have lost a
truly nice guy, who
cared about others and
contributed to the
Donauschwaben community.
Mike will be missed by
many, including his
wife, 3 daughters and a
son. ~Jody McKim.
Special posting by
Mike:
From: "Michael P.
Miller" <
millermp@bellsouth.net>
Subject: [BANAT-L]
Donauschwaben
Organizations in
decline?
Date: Thu, 10 Oct
2002
Greetings to the
list:
It comes as no
surprise to me that
the various
Donauschwaben
organizations,
especially those in
North America, are
in decline, if not
already abandoned.
In my view,
"Assimilation" has a
tendency to just
simply "creep-in"
and our "past family
circumstances",
whatever it is, is
quickly forgotten
and replaced by our
own "personal
current
circumstances."
As a 2nd generation
American and self
appointed "family
historian," I am
constantly trying to
keep my family's
"heritage alive."
And to "loosely"
paraphrase Alex Leeb
... "Lest we forget"
- I think that it is
very important that
my children know who
they are, where they
came from, and our
family's history (as
best as I can relate
to them). I
hope that they can
learn more from
me/us (the list)
about where our
various villages are
located, what daily
life was like, and
the sacrifices that
our ancestors made
to ensure a better
quality of life for
all of us that
followed them.
Actually, this is
more like a personal
goal for me!, but
I'm not sure that I
can fulfill during
my lifetime ... but
I'm going to give it
one heck of of a
try.
Regards,
Mike Miller
Norcross (Atlanta
area), Georgia, USA
p.s. Former member
of the Atlanta
Chapter of the
Vietnam Veterans
Businessman's
Assoc. (no
longer an active
organization) &
other
professional/business
organizations.
His published Obituary:
Michael Peter Miller, 61, of Norcross, GA, died October 17, 2003. The funeral service will be held at 9:30 A.M. on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at Mary Our Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Peachtree Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday, October 20, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Mr. Miller a native of Detroit, MI served in the U.S. Army and ws an entrepreneur in the technology industry. He had a lifelong interest in British sports-cars, photography and genealogy. Mr. Miller is survived by his wife, Cathy Miller, of Norcross, GA; one son, Dave Miller of Cumming, GA; three daughters, Michelle Miller of Greenwich, CT, Amy Miller of Cumming, GA, Jenny Miller of Duluth, GA. Also surviving are his parents, Peter and Clara Miller of Troy, MI, two brothers,
Steven Miller of Farmington Hills, MI, and Don Miller of Bloomfield Hills, MI. One sister, Susan Miller of Troy, MI. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 1060 Gaines School Road, Ste, B-2, Athens, GA 30605, (706) 549-4893. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home, Norcross, GA (770) 448-5757
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