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Miller, Gordon James

GORDON JAMES MILLER of Milk River, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital with family at his side on Friday, February 12, 2021 at the age of 67 years.

GORDON JAMES MILLER of Milk River, Alberta passed away peacefully at the Chinook Regional Hospital with family at his side on Friday, February 12, 2021 at the age of 67 years.

Gordon will be forever missed by his adoring wife of 39 years, Valerie Miller.

He is the proud and loving father of Jeralyn (Paul) Goldsmith, Tyson, Kale (Megan) and Zachary (Shannon). Gordon was also very smitten with his six grandchildren: Payden, Harper, Emmett (Jeralyn), Adair (Kale) and Wade & Ashton (Zachary). His grandchildren were his whole world and he was excited for the arrival of #7 in May.

Gordon is also survived by a loving extended family, his brother Ken (Carol) Miller, sister Carol (Harold) Johansen and sister Marilyn (Jean) Bouchard and all of their loving families. 

He is predeceased by his parents Merritt and Corinne Miller, sister-in-law Mary Miller, nephew David Johansen as well as his parents-in-law Ailsa Fiander-Morris, Robert Fiander & Steve Morris.

From a young age, Gordon developed a love of farming that would last a lifetime. He was certainly fond of his cows and loved to spend time watching them out in the pasture. He was also very eager to get the combines rolling at the first sign of harvest. Even after spending almost 3 weeks in the hospital in the summer of 2020 Gord was determined to drive the combine during harvest for the bumper crop he was excited about.

Gordon was very proud to be a member of his small-town community. He was involved with coaching basketball, leading 4-H clubs and church councils. He enjoyed spending time with his family, playing crib and sports. Gord was a long-time member of both the Canadian & American Salers Association and the Canadian Charolais Association.

He always had time to stop and have a visit with a friendly face. Gordon touched many lives with his generosity and kindness and will be so dearly missed by all who knew him.

A Visitation will be held at ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH - 301 Main Street, NW, Milk River, AB. on Thursday, February 18, 2021 from 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance will be limited to 20 guests at a time. Kindly RSVP your attendance to Cornerstone at 403-381-7777 or care@cornerstonefh.ca. Facemasks are mandatory and will be available upon entry. A Private Family Prayer Service will follow at 7:00 P.M.

A Private Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. with Father Andrew Pyon officiating.

Both the Prayer Service and Funeral Mass will be livestreamed and may be accessed through Gordon's obituary on the Cornerstone website at their respective times.

Gordon was always thinking of others. He was also a strong supporter of Operation Smile and as such, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Gord's memory to operation smile (operationsmile.ca), or to a charity of your choice.