The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 17, 1986, page 5

GERALD MILLER

     Gerald “Jerry" Miller, mathematics teacher and coach at Columbia High School for the past 23 years, died of cancer Sunday, July 13, in White Salmon, at the age of 47.
     He was born Jan. 7, 1939 to Andrew and Letha L. (Kendall) Miller in Seattle, Wash. He was raised in Seattle, where he graduated from Lincoln High School. He later graduated from Western Washington State College in Bellingham and obtained his master's degree from Washington State University, Pullman.
     Mr. Miller came to White Salmon in 1963 to teach mathematics. He married Linda Unger in June of 1964. In addition to his teaching duties at CHS, Mr. Miller coached track and field and girls' basketball. His first girls' varsity basketball team won the 1984 Southwest Washington District championship, and his last girls' track team won the school's first Trico League title in the spring of 1985. Mr. Miller was a member of Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Hood River, Ore.
     He is survived by his wife Linda and daughters Trisha, Andrea and Libby, all of White Salmon; mother Letha of Port Townsend, Wash.; sister Sandra Lee Converse of Republic, Wash.; nephew Baron Converse, Republic; and nieces Michelle Converse, Republic, and Destiny Converse, a member of the US Air Force.
     Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 17, at 7 p.m. in the Columbia High School gymnasium, with Revs. Steven Bush and Paul Ryan officiating.
     Interment will be Friday in the White Salmon Cemetery at 11 a.m. . Arrangements are being handled by Gardner Funeral Home of White Salmon.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Jerry Miller Memorial Scholarship Fun, care of Rainier Bank, White Salmon.