Guy G. Miller III

Guy G. Miller III, 84, of Grand Island, died Tuesday, November 19, 2024, of a heart attack with family members by his side. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 26, at All Faiths Funeral Home in Grand Island. Daniel Naranjo will officiate. The service will be livestreamed on All Faith’s obituary page at www.giallfaiths.com. Military honors will be rendered by the U.S. Navy and United Veterans Honor Guard. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Beatrice Evergreen Home Cemetery. Family will be greeting friends an hour before service time. Memorials are suggested to the Heartland United Way who will designate these funds to the Literacy Council, an organization in which Guy was heavily involved. Guy was born January 28, 1940, in Beatrice, Ne, the son of Guy and (Margaretta) Edith (Winslow) Miller. He was born and raised on the west side of Beatrice and lived there through his Junior year in High School. He attended Beatrice High reunions throughout his life. He moved to Lincoln, Ne. and graduated from Lincoln High School, class of 1958. Guy entered the U.S. Navy following high school and served in the submarine service for six years, being honorably discharged after his service. On Sept. 13, 1959, Guy was united in marriage to JoAnn (Wiemers). JoAnn was a wife and mother and worked for Sara Lee Corporation later in her career. While in the US Navy, they lived in Norwich, Conn., Springfield, Mass., and Newport News, Va. Guy and JoAnn returned to Nebraska after his Navy service. Guy and JoAnn lived in Hallam, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Fairbury and Sutherland before moving to Prairieville, La., in 1981. For most of these years he was a Health Physicist in the nuclear power field. In 1993 he retired from nuclear power and in the same year obtained an associated degree in Computer Aided Drafting. At that time, they moved to Kearney where he worked as a Civil Engineer and later a Construction Engineer with Gary Sorensen. In 2005 Guy retired and he and JoAnn moved to Lincoln where they spent five years before moving to Grand Island, where Guy resided at the time of his death. Guy and JoAnn also spent most of their winter months at the Island Retreat RV Resort in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Guy enjoyed camping and working on his computer where he made personalized birthday and anniversary cards for his family. Guy also deeply loved his immediate and extended family. Guy’s superpower was connecting deeply with people and everyone who knew him loved him for that. Survivors include his children and their spouses, Daniel and Debbie Miller of Garland, Tx, Joni and Mike Reisinger of Erie, Co, and Mark and Renee Miller of Grand Island, Ne; 16 grandchildren, Jake and Jessica Miller, of Ocean Shores, Wa, Luke and Meagan Miller of Garland, Tx, Kate Miller of Austin, Tx, Dr. Matt and Colby Reisinger of Denver, Co, Jackie and Solomon Kim of Salt Lake City, Ut, Zach and Shelby Biere of Papillion, Ne, Ryan Miller and Jodie Meis of Sherman Oaks. Ca, Sara and Dr. Dustin Fread of Kearney, Ne, and Abby and Ethan McGowan of Grand Island, Ne; eleven great-grandchildren, Carver, Willow and Arrow Miller, Emma, Charlie and Henry Fread, Maverick and Ellie Jo McGowan, Teddy Reisinger, Grace Kim and Bennett Biere; one sister, Judy Wilson of Mont Belvieu, Tx and five brother’s-in-law and five sisters-in-law, Guilford Wiemers of Bellingham, Wa, Delmar and Phyllis Wiemers of Diller, Ne, Gene and Delores Wiemers of Fremont, Ne, Gary and Barb Wiemers of McCook, Ne, and Eldon and Mary Wiemers of North Platte, Ne; a sister, Joyce Oltman of Yardley, Pa, and many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, cousins and many, many friends. Guy lost his beautiful wife, JoAnn, in June of 2022. She was the love of his life. He was also preceded in death by his parents, Guy and Edith Miller, his parents-in-law, Bill and Lana Wiemers; a brother-in-law, Ray Wilson, a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Loretta and Kenneth Barber; a sister-in-law, Ardyce "Pinky" Wiemers; and brother-in-law, Dale Oltman.

Guy G. Miller III

January 28, 1940 - November 19, 2024

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