The Funeral Service for Alden E. Miller, age 92 of Lemmon, will be held at 11:00am Friday, October 13, 2017 at Christ Lutheran Church in Morristown. Pastor Adam Pilarski will officiate with burial in the Morristown Cemetery.
Serving as casketbearers are Dennis and Steve O'Donnell, John Bubbers, Jerry Kling, Jeff Maier, Clayton Pederson, and Chad Abel.

Alden E. Miller was born January 13, 1925 near Morristown, SD to Louis and Mabel (Aastad) Miller. His father came to Corson County from Watertown, WI and his mother from Granite Falls, MN to file her claim. Six children, Irma, Clayton, Evelyn, Zona, Vernon and Alden were born to this union and grew up south of Morristown.

Alden, the youngest of six, attended school in Morristown graduating from Morristown High School. At an early age he began helping with the farm work. He married Phebe Bleth in 1946 and three children, Memory, Kim, and Clay were born. Phebe and Clay died in an auto accident in 1972.

Alden married Martha Anderson Dietterle in 1975. He continued farming alongside his son, Kim, until Alden's health began to fail. He continued farming until age 90. He and Martha moved to Lemmon and his son Kim continues to operated the farm.

Alden passed away on Sunday evening, October 8, 2017 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.

Surviving family members include his wife, Martha, Lemmon, SD; son, Kim (Colleen) Miller, Morristown, SD; daughter, Memory (John) Gronholz, Holmen, WI; 7 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Royce and Richard Bleth and George Zaltz; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parent, his wife Phebe and son Clay, a step-son David Dietterle, and his siblings.

Visitation will be on Thursday from 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.