Miller, born Feb. 21,1898 in Walsenburg, Colo., attended grade school there and later worked as a coal and rock miner.
In the late '20s and early '30s he worked for Denver Water Department as a mining foreman on enlarging the Moffat Railroad Tunnel's pioneer bore. When the project was finished, he joined the Utah Construction Co. under contract to build the railroad tunnel.
Dewey returned to DWD in 1944 as a laborer in the old City Division. Later he was promoted to pipeman, than a caulker, and in 1959 worked as a valve and hydrant maintenance man in T&D, until retirement in 1964 after 17 years of service.
Survivors include his wife, Mabel of the family home in Osceola; a daughter, Mabel Chacon, Denver; brothers A.L., Abilene TX., and Lee of Denver; sisters, Priscella Miller, Salina, Kans., and Mary Rohrer, San Diego, and several grand and great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted at Presentation of Our Lady Catholic Church with interment following in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Miller, born Feb. 21,1898 in Walsenburg, Colo., attended grade school there and later worked as a coal and rock miner.
In the late '20s and early '30s he worked for Denver Water Department as a mining foreman on enlarging the Moffat Railroad Tunnel's pioneer bore. When the project was finished, he joined the Utah Construction Co. under contract to build the railroad tunnel.
Dewey returned to DWD in 1944 as a laborer in the old City Division. Later he was promoted to pipeman, than a caulker, and in 1959 worked as a valve and hydrant maintenance man in T&D, until retirement in 1964 after 17 years of service.
Survivors include his wife, Mabel of the family home in Osceola; a daughter, Mabel Chacon, Denver; brothers A.L., Abilene TX., and Lee of Denver; sisters, Priscella Miller, Salina, Kans., and Mary Rohrer, San Diego, and several grand and great-grandchildren.
Services were conducted at Presentation of Our Lady Catholic Church with interment following in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Family Members
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Abraham Lincoln Miller
1900–1990
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Sr Priscilla Miller
1901–1999
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Mimpa Miller
1903–1903
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Lee E Miller
1904–1987
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Clara Miller
1906–1923
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William Miller
1874–1952
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Edgar Haden "Edward" Miller
1878–1953
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Amanda Miller Landis
1880–1964
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Catherine Miller Landis
1883–1966
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Minnie Miller Quine
1888–1961
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Mary Miller Benson Martinez
1890–1934
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Garfield Emmet Miller
1892–1955
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Maria Ascension "Nettie" Miller Nallon
1893–1920
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Joseph Archibald "Archie" Miller
1895–1948
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