Daniel Miller was a mechanical designer for Woodward Governor

Visitation and funeral will be Friday morning in Beloit.

Daniel Miller was a mechanical designer for Woodward Governor

Daniel Francis Miller, 86, of Rockton, IL, was employed as a mechanical designer for Woodward Governor, retiring in 1999. He was born on October 30, 1935 in Janesville, WI, the son of Christopher and Mary (Fair) Miller. Daniel was a graduate of Janesville High School, now the Marshall Apartments/Janesville Performing Arts Center. He married Marsha Empereur on June 12, 1957 in Beloit, WI. She predeceased him on April 22, 1976.

Daniel died on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Anam Care Assisted Living, Rockford, IL.


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Survivors include his children, Jeff (Jane) Miller of South Beloit, IL, Timothy (Chris) Miller of Milwaukee, WI, and Vicki Dominguez, Glenview, IL; grandchildren, Sean, Alec, Maya, Boden, Melina, and Tara; brother, Robert Miller; former wife, Laura Jane Sherwood; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

He was predeceased by his parents; sons Andrew and Matthew Miller; sisters, Rosie (Gordy) Dobbs, Geri (Oren) Holmes, and Mary Ann (Dick) Thompson; sister-in-law, Karen Miller.

A funeral service for Daniel will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 29, 2022 in the Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, 2355 Cranston Rd., Beloit, WI. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service Friday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery in Beloit.