Hamlin H. Miller, 77, of Seneca, KS, died Friday, May 23, 2003, at Country View Estates in Seneca.

He was born August 18, 1925, in Topeka, the son of Orman and Helen Haskell Miller. He grew up on the family ranch three miles east of Onaga, KS. He attended Onaga schools and graduated from high school in 1943. Hamlin worked on the family ranch for several years. He raised cattle and horses, specializing in quarter horses. In 1960 he had a farm sale and moved to Topeka to further his education. Hamlin played the piano, organ, and had a good singing voice. He shared his talents by playing and singing for churches and at other events in the community.

In 1965 he graduated from Washburn University with a degree in history. After graduating from the Central Baptist Seminary in Kansas City in 1971, he served as pastor at the Congregational Church in Muscotah, KS for seven years. He also was a pastor in Junction City, KS, the Community Church in Wiggins, CO, and in Nogales, AZ.

He was pastor at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Seneca two different times and helped to build a fellowship hall at the church. Later he served at churches at Thedford, Trenton, and Ainsworth in Nebraska. He retired from full time ministry in 1989, but continued to serve churches on an interim basis. He returned to Seneca in October 1998 and entered Country View Estates care home in 1999 due to Alzheimer’s Disease.

In 1960, he married Evelyn Long at Topeka. She died May 16, 1990, while he was serving a church in Ainsworth, NE.

Hamlin was a charter member of the Nemaha County Historical Society. He wrote “Regis Loisel and Seventy Years of Kansas Land Claims” which was published in the Trail Guide, a quarterly historical publication.

He is survived by a brother, Mansfield Miller of Olathe, KS.

Funeral service will be 1:30 PM Tuesday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery in Topeka.

Memorials may be given for the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Seneca.