- He was the son of Kosmas and Caroline (Pritzl) Miller and was a graduate of Brillion High School. Kosmas was also a 1941 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course. He married Helen M. Berner on June 5, 1943, in Janesville. He became the dairy herdsman at the Rock County Farm in 1941, and was employed there until he became a self-employed dairy farmer until his retirement in 1982. Kosmas helped form the Rock County Dairy Herd Improvement Co-op in 1947. Being yearly elected as their secretary/ treasurer until 1982 and because of his retirement in from dairy farming he was forced to retire. He was then hired as an employee to work as their financial secretary part-time so he could enjoy golfing and bowling. He is survived by his wife, Helen; a son, Victor (Bonnie) Miller of Janesville; 2 daughters, Helen (Charles) Hanauska of Milton, Wisconsin, and Mary Ellen (Dan) Beck of Vonore, Tennessee; 3 grandchildren: Vicki (Dave) Schultz of Neenah, Wisconsin, Lauri (Trent) Brown of Rigby, Idaho, and Derek Hanauska of Geneseo, Illinois; 3 great grandchildren; 3 sisters: Sister Kosmas of Slinger, Wisconsin, Marian (Bob) Hanagan of Appleton,Wisconsin and Gertrude Sadowski of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by his parents; 5 sisters: Ottilia (Edward) Schuh, Caroline (Raymond) Lange, Marcella (Alex) Fischer, Josephine (William) Schuh, and Catherine (Clayton) Baton; and 5 brothers: Lawrence (Ann) Miller, Vincent (Agnes) Miller, Philip Miller, Norbert (Gertrude) Miller and Carl (Doris) Miller.
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1918 - 2007 (89 years)
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