Ed Miller

Ed Miller passed away on May 3, 2025, in Los Altos, California. He was born in Los Angeles to his parents Lenard and Belva Miller on April 7, 1932, during the Great Depression. In 1945, between VE and VJ days, his family moved to Hood River, Oregon where he attended high school, graduating in 1949. After high school he worked in a lumber mill “pulling on the green chain.”

In 1951 he returned to Southern California and worked in his uncle’s bookbinding shop until he was inducted into the Army. He trained at Fort Ord and was shipped to Korea where he joined a heavy weapons company in the 25th Infantry Division. He later served as First Sergeant of his company.

After discharge, and with the aid of the GI Bill, he earned undergraduate and graduate Mechanical Engineering degrees from Brigham Young University (BYU) and Stanford University, respectively. He was the first in his family to have the opportunity to attend college. He instilled the importance of education in his children and grandchildren, generously paying their college tuition. While at BYU he met his wife Shirlee. They were married in the Idaho Falls Temple in 1957.

In 1960 he joined Hewlett Packard (HP) and held several engineering and management positions. He was the Manufacturing Manager when HP entered the computer business. After 31 years he retired from HP. For a few years post-retirement he consulted for HP and several other technology companies. For over 25 years he served as a Director/Trustee for local nonprofit organizations including: Avenidas, Channing House, Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Mid-Peninsula High School, and Los Altos Library Endowment.

He was a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a Bishop of a Los Altos congregation in the 1980s. He and Shirlee together served a mission in the California San Jose Mission.

Ed was known for crafting projects for family and friends in his woodworking shop and took great pride in keeping a meticulous yard. He loved history and read extensively about western emigration, WWII, the Korean War and the Civil War. Over the years he was able to visit many historical locations around the world with family and friends, including sites along the Mormon Trail where his ancestors traveled West in the 1840s and 1850s. For over 45 years, and well into his 80s, he enjoyed riding his road bike.

His family was of utmost importance to him. Ed is survived by his wife, Shirlee of 68 years and their four children, Brad Miller (Camille) of Boise, Idaho; Cynthia Kunz (Paul) of Midway, Utah; Andrea Hall (Joel) of Farmington, Utah; and Rachelle Croft (Joe) of San Clemente, California. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and one sister, Susan Ogilvie (James) of Salt Lake City, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents and older sister, Marian Miller.

His life was well lived, and he leaves a posterity devoted to the same principles that governed his life. As we read in 2 Timothy 4:7, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 11 a.m. at the Ogden City Cemetery.