Charles T. "Jack" Miller, Fredericksburg, TX, passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the age of 93, surrounded by family.

Jack was born in Hobart, OK, December 30, 1925, and moved with his family at age 5 to the Rio Grande Valley, to escape the Great Depression and dust bowl days of dry land farming.  Settling in McAllen, Jack enjoyed riding his bicycle to deliver newspapers and visit relatives who lived in the area.  Graduating from McAllen High School in 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1944 and soon joined the war effort in the European theatre.  After V.E. Day, he was transferred to California to prepare for the invasion of Japan, being thankful his assignment there was part of the American occupation force.

His fondest memory of California was hitching a ride with his buddies to see Joe DiMaggio and the Yankees play spring ball in San Francisco, leading to a life long loyalty to the Yankees.  He loved sports and the Texas Longhorns, having season football tickets for 30 plus years.

He returned to McAllen after the war and married the true love of his life, Marjorie Rossow, in 1947.  They had two children, Pamela and Gary.  Family vacations across the country were an annual summer event, often staying with relatives in Georgia, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Arizona.  And of course trips to Longhorn and Astros games, including the opening spring games in the new Astrodome against the visiting Yankees.

Working with the U.S. Post Office from 1947 as a part time employee to retirement as McAllen Post Master in 1978, he oversaw many changes.  After retirement Jack and Marjorie moved to Fredericksburg, along with two other postal retirees, where he worked in real estate and preparing income taxes for H &R Block. He loved Fredericksburg and the Texas Hill Country.

In his retirement years, we saw a "grand" daddy turn into the ultimate granddaddy, to one granddaughter and three grandsons.  Taking the extended families to Colorado, Yellowstone and other summer trips mixed in with Longhorn sports of all types.  And seldom did he miss a game or event the grandkids played.  He proudly attended their graduations, from high schools and colleges. He later became great granddaddy to two great grandchildren, who adored him (and his pockets full of cookies). The love for his grandkids and great grandkids was only equaled by the love for his "babe" who he now joins in Heaven.

Jack was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. In 1951 he and Marjorie were part of a group planting a new Methodist church in McAllen, St Mark Methodist. Jack joined the Hill Country Memorial Hospital Wellness Center shortly after it opened and continued to work out regularly until the week before his death. He also was a regular at The Old German Bakery where he told stories of his life to his "younger" buddies.

Jack was a protector, teacher, shepherd, patriarch, and friend to many.  He always believed in social justice and especially Jesus command to love God and to love neighbor! He loved us all well until his last breath.

Jack is survived by his daughter, Pamela K. Traver Hilburn and husband Randall of Fredericksburg Texas, son Gary S. Miller and wife Teresa of Kingsland Texas; Four grandchildren, Christi Traver Pahl and husband Cody, Wesley Traver and wife Kate, and Charles "Chuck" Traver and wife Jenn, and Charles "Chip" Miller; Two great grandchildren Lyla and Ryder Traver. He is also survived by his special niece Patricia Baumgartner and husband Joe and nephew Mark Norton and wife Rebecca.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmie T. Miller and Florence E. Miller, his wife Marjorie Lee Miller, and his sister in law Bernell Norton and brother in law Alan Norton.

Visitation will take place on Monday November 11, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Fredericksburg United Methodist Church.

Funeral services will take place on Monday November 11, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. in the Fredericksburg United Methodist Church with Reverend George Lumpkin officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.

Wesley Traver, Chuck Traver, Chip Miller, Cody Pahl, Joe Baumgartner, Mark Norton and Doug Traver will serve as pallbearers with honorary pallbearers John Rodriguez and Daniel Alt.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hill Country Memorial Hospice, Fredericksburg United Methodist Church Foundation, or the charity of your choice.

Jack's family is so very grateful to Dr Michael Johnson and his staff for the many years of care, all of the staff at HCM Wellness Center, and his group of "young" guys who shared coffee and stories at the Old German Bakery. A special thanks to Linda Seip with HCM Hospice for loving both Jack and. Marjorie and helping them to complete their lives with dignity and comfort.