Arvid Miller

Arvid Miller, 74, of Ogden, Iowa, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2014, at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 3, 2014, at the Community United Methodist Church in Ogden. Rev. Gary Hoyt will officiate. Burial will at Glenwood Cemetery in Ogden. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Community United Methodist Church in Ogden. For online obituaries and condolences please visit: www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com

Arvid LeRoy Miller was born in Ogden, Iowa, on January 18, 1940, to Virgil and Maudie (Johnson) Miller. He was third of seven children. Arvid lived all of his life in Boone County. He started working odd jobs around Ogden at an early age. Baling hay, raising chickens and selling them for fryers, helped build the skating rink and bowling alley, unloaded bags of Portland Cement for Kenny Webber at the Lumber Yard. Being raised in an Auto Repair business Arvid become very interested and talented in anything mechanical. He graduated from Ogden Schools in 1960.

He married Donna Walters on September 18, 1960. To this union two sons were born Kevin and Troy. Arvid was employed at Rolfes, Sears, and retired from Sonoco Products in 2000 after 19 years in the maintenance department. He and Donna enjoyed collecting antiques, going to auctions, sales and displaying at engine shows.

Arvid has spent many hours in his shop building models of flywheel gas engines and many other toys that he was challenged to build. He could build anything with a gas engine on it. He loved to take his toys all around the Midwest to Model Engineering Shows and visit with the other modelers.

In September of 2007, Arvid married Janet Pearson. Together they enjoyed camping and going to engine shows. Working together on his projects.

Arvid was preceded in death by his parents, wife Donna in June of 1998, brothers, Ivan and Lee, twin grandchildren, Brock and Maisey Miller, step-son-in-law, Mike Samuelson.

Survivors include his wife Janet, sons, Kevin of Boone, and Troy and wife Jane of Waverly, Iowa; grandchildren, Bryce and Kenzie Miller; step-daughters, Leanne Samuelson of Ogden, and Laura (Todd) Schmitz of Crawfordsville, Iowa, and Christina (Derek) Marston of Yardley, Pennsylvania; step grandchildren, Clara and Zach Schmitz, Jacob and Matthew Samuelson, and Andrew, Nathan and Charlotte Marston; sisters, Lila (Gary) Mallicoat of Boone, Marlena (Wayne) Sparks of Moreno Valley, CA, and Iris (Gary) Peters of Riverside, CA; brother, Vernon Miller of Riverside, CA; and many other relatives and friends.

Memorials may be left to the discretion of the family.