James R. Miller

JAMES RANDALL MILLER     James R. Miller, age 61 of Grand Forks, died on Thursday, November 2, 2017 in the Larimore Good Samaritan Center. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 1:00 P.M. in the Amundson Funeral Home in Grand Forks. Military honors were by the Grand Forks Air Force Base Honors, East Grand Forks American Legion Post #157 and the East Grand Forks Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 3817. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veteran’s Cemetery in Mandan, ND.  James Randall Miller, a son of James Sr. and Mona (Calvert) Miller, was born on January 16, 1956 at Birmingham, AL. He was reared and attended school in Birmingham. Jim graduated from high school in 1974.  He entered the US Airforce in 1974 and was honorably discharged in 1989. After his career in the Air Force he worked for Civil Service for a time. On March 3, 1994 he was married to Mary Stygar in Grand Forks, ND.  Jim later worked at Altru hospital until poor health forced him to retire. In 2017 he entered the Larimore Good Samaritan center.   He enjoyed playing his guitar and spending time with family.   He is survived by his wife Mary at home; sons, Kevin (Roxanne) Miller and Mitchell Miller; daughter, Trisha (Jason) Miller; grandchildren, Aries, Kaiden, Ashton, Dimond, Jaylynn, Violet, Hazel and Jaycee