Miller, Benjamin Warren

Passed: 1945-05-06

Age: 53

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Obituary Date: 1945-05-07

Information: Ben W. Miller Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack                    Mountain State Steel Head Was 53 Years of Age; A Civic Leader   Benjamin Warren Miller, 53, of County Club Road, a managing partner of the Mountain State Steel Foundries and a member of the Wood county board of education, died suddenly from a heart attack Sunday at 1:45 a.m. in the St. Joseph Hospital.  A prominent civic leader, Mr. Miller was first stricken Wednesday evening while playing golf at the Country club, and was taken to his home.  Early Thursday morning he was taken to the hospital, where he remained until his death.  Mr. Miller was born in Jackson County, January 22, 1892, a son of Leander Miller and Jessie Harrison Miller.  He attended West Virginia Weslyan preparatory school and in 1914 graduated from Ohio University at Athens, O., where he was prominent in football and baseball.   During World War I he served as a first lietutenant in the field artillery, and was overseas 14 months.  Prior to the war he was a football coach at Moline, Ill. high school.  Shortly after the war, Mr. Miller came to Parkersburg and was engaged in the insurance business for several years.  He joined the Mountain State Steel Foundries when it was organized about 20 years ago, and was then known as the Blackwood Steel Foundries.  At the time of his death he was the firm's managing partner with H. F. Stratton.   Mr. Miller was elected to the board of education in 1942, and about 2 years of his 4-year term remain.  He took an active part on the board, and was most interested in school affairs, particularly athletics.  He was chairman of the board's health center committee, which is planning the erection of a health center on the grounds at Parkersburg high school.  The proposed building would provide facilities for many indoor athletic events, and would include an adequate medical setup.   He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Masonic Lodge, the American Legion, Elks club, Army and Navy Club, and the Trinity Episcopal  (rest of clipping missing)