Timothy Mitchell Miller

Tim was born March 3, 1953, in Billings. He started grade school in Laurel and graduated from Laurel High School in 1971. He graduated with a BSN in nursing from Montana State University in 1976.

Tim had many interests, working as an RN for several years, working as a conductor for Burlington Northern Railroad, and working as a carpenter. He later became an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railroad and retired in 2010, returning back to Laurel. Tim enjoyed fishing, skiing and woodworking. Tim excelled in sports in high school and college, and had many state records in track and field. His greatest joy however was fishing with his family in the numerous wilderness lakes in Montana. He would insist on hiking in on foot to remote areas, no matter how many miles or days it would take.

Tim was an independent thinker. He lived life on the edge, and frequently chose a different path to obtain his goals. He was unique and brilliant and challenged almost every rule in life.

Tim is survived by his son, Aaron Miller of Laurel, daughter Alison Miller of Laurel, and his sister Verna Miller Yeager Lawrence (John) of Buffalo, Wyo,, and his step father Fred Wanner of Laurel. He has many nieces and nephews throughout Montana and Wyoming. He was proceeded in death by his father Kenneth Miller, his mother Peggy Bickford Miller Wanner, and his brother Mike Miller.

Services will be held Monday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m., at the Rock Church, 820 W. 9th St., in Laurel. Tim will be buried next to his father in Ballantine. .

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