Loren L. Miller, age 87 of Lemmon, passed away at his home on Friday evening, July 3, 2020.

A Private Family Service will be held at 10:30am Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon.  Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery with full military honors afforded by the Brattvet-Green American Legion Post #66 of Lemmon.  The Memorial Service will be live streamed through our website and will be available to the public.

A Public Visitation will be held on Monday, July 6, 2020 from 1:00 to 9:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.

Serving as Honorary Casketbearers are Don Pearson, Dale Rogers, Terry Skretteberg, Bill Penfield, Dave Lensegrav, Pat Dalzell, Paul Huffman, Ed Wiesinger, Jerry Kling, Buck Maher, and Roger Hirsch.

Serving as Active Casketbearers are Loren's grandchildren.

LOREN LEROY MILLER was born on July 23, 1932 in DeWitt Township east of Shadehill, SD to Louis and Clara (Hoefling) Miller.  He attended Miller Country School and high school in Lemmon graduating in 1950.  He went to work for a year at the Ford garage. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in the 1950s during the Korean War where he worked in Alaska surveying land.   Loren returned to Shadehill and began farming and ranching and over the years expanded his operation.

Loren married Joanne Vatland in July of 1958 after she declined his first offer of marriage. They were married in Bison at the courthouse.  They soon had 4 children. In 1979 after the tiring winters and treck to town, they moved to Lemmon, SD. During this time they also bought apartment complexes and a cabin in Spearfish, SD.

Along with farming and ranching he owned a trucking company. Soon his oldest son, Randy joined him in the business working alongside him for 46 years. He retired at the age of 82. Early in life, he served on the DeWitt Township Board. He also served on the board of Gregorian for several years.

Loren and Joanne enjoyed taking trips and cruises with their friends.  He and Joanne enjoyed spending summers in Spearfish Canyon and winter months in Arizona.

Surviving family members include his wife, Joanne, 2 sons and 1 daughter-in-law, Randy and Cheryl Miller, Shadehill, SD; Greg Miller, Rochester, NY; 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Sherrie and Jim Feist, White Owl, SD; Sandy and Mark Baumberger, Watauga, SD; 9 grandchildren; Tanner (Heliena), Jessie (Ross Johnson), Alise (Todd), Aimee (Evan), Layne, Krista (Max), Keri (Levi), Tia (Colin), Lauren (Britt), 4 great grandchildren, Sadie, Westin, Joe, and Paisley; 1 unborn great grandchild in Sept 2020; 1 brother and sister-in-law, Burton "Duane" (Marianne) Miller, Rapid City, SD.

Loren was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters, Shirley Becker and Arlene Kari.

A memorial has been established to Calvary Lutheran Church.