Raymond Earl Miller

A Visitation will be held at Calvary Hill Funeral Home on August 23 from 5-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the North Chapel located in the main mausoleum, on Saturday, August 24 at Noon with Msgr. Leon Duesman officiating. A reception will follow mass. Ray will be interred at DFW National Cemetery on August 26 at 10:15 AM.

Ray was born in Buffalo, NY on March 13, 1936. He graduated from Bishop Timon High School, and then attended Canisius College for 2 years before enlisting in the Navy, later becoming a Marine pilot, and achieving the rank of Captain. He married Phyllis Penelope Ponikowski, also from Buffalo, NY on June 1, 1957, and remained married to the love of his life until his death. Ray was a pilot for Delta Airlines for 33 years, retiring as a Captain at the then-required age of 60. He continued to enjoy piloting his own private aircraft until he finally decided it was time to ground himself, 55 years after his first flight. Flying was his passion, and he missed it terribly in his later years.

Ray is preceded in death by his parents, Walter & Marie Miller, brother, Robert W. Miller and sister, Marie Miller Seeley.

Ray is survived by his wife Phyllis "Penny" Miller, brother, John E. Miller, son, Mark D. Miller, married to Nancy Hodges Miller, daughter, Julie Ann Miller, grandchildren Sarah Miller Edgecomb, married to John Robb Edgecomb Jr., Caroline Miller Toups, married to Stephen Anthony Toups and Hunter Lee Treadwell. He was also a proud Great Grandfather to Jack, Claire and Reed Edgecomb.

Pallbearers will be Mark D. Miller, Hunter L. Treadwell, J. Robb Edgecomb, Stephen A. Toups, James D. Shields and Randall M. DeWitt.

Please join us for a reception following Mass at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, 6911 Lemmon Ave., from 1:15-3:30pm. Tell the ticket office you are with the Miller group and proceed upstairs.

You are also welcome to attend a casual gathering to celebrate Ray’s life at The Haywire Restaurant, 5901 Winthrop St., Suite 110, Plano, from 5:00-7:00pm, Saturday, August 24, 2019.