Age 82, Lawton - Memorial Service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church with Steve Miller and Shane Hall, Pastor officiating. Mr. Miller died Wednesday at his residence. Interment for the family will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He was born in Lawton on August 15, 1927 to Greek immigrant parents Angele and Gustavous Millanapolis. He attended eleven and one half years in Lawton Public Schools and joined the U.S. Navy during his senior year. He served during World War II for three and one half years. Much of that time was aboard the destroyer ship U.S.S. Rupertus. Wile stationed in Florida he was a member of the U.S. Naval Swim team which won national honors. He also was stationed in San Diego. Following his discharge he obtained his GED and enrolled at Cameron College where he played on the football squad two years before entering Central State University on a scholarship. He played on the football squad at Central State and was team captain, played full back and half back and was nicknamed "the toe" for the many extra points and field goals he completed. He earned his masters degrees at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford. He married Pat Witzel, of Lawton, on January 16, 1953 in the First Baptist Church, Lawton. Upon graduation the couple lived in Perry, Oklahoma, for five years where he taught and coached football. Three sons were born during that time. Then the family moved to Oklahoma City where he coached and taught at John Marshall High School for six years. They won a State Championship during that time. Then the family returned to Lawton where he joined the Wolverine coaching staff. He also taught and was a counselor there until his retirement in 1987. He enjoyed traveling, fishing, woodworking and working in the yard and made several trips to the Northwest area with the team of "Baptist Builders" from First Baptist Church to help with building projects. He and his wife delivered mobile meals for over ten years. He enjoyed his friends and family and traveled often to see the grandchildren graduate, play ballgames, swim in school meets or run cross country track. He is survived by his wife, Pat, of the home; son, Steve Miller, Lawton, and his children, Cassie, Jenny and Cody Miller; a son and daughter in law, Scott and Pam Miller, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and their children, Audrey, Ft. Collins, Colorado, Aaron, Golden, Colorado, and Austin, Pagosa Springs; a great grandson, Jake, Lawton; sisters and brothers in law, Marlene and Ralph McPherson, Iowa Park, Texas, Dody and Charles Horton and Catherine and Tom Dunn, all of Lawton. His parents and two sisters, Helen Ahrens of Winona, Minnesota, and Mary Schultz of St Joseph, Missouri, preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Baptist Builders Fund at the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1409, Lawton OK 73502.