Gale Miller

Published in print from 5/18/2008 - 5/19/2008.

Gale Miller. Beloved husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, King County, WA.

He was 81 years of age and is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Kathleen, his daughter Cheryl (Miller) White and son-in-law Jeff White, grandsons Gregory, Kevin (Melanie), granddaughter Stacy Woodward and her husband Travis and great-grandchildren Boston White, Jacob and Madison Woodward. We were so blessed to have Gale in our lives and what joy he brought to each of us. Gale quit school to serve in WWII in the Philippines and after the war was over he went back to finish school.

His love of life was always in baseball. He played semi-pro baseball, umpired all levels of baseball games and ended his career by umpiring many games in the King Dome as a major league umpire.

He worked 42 years at Seattle City Light and Woodland Park. A private service was held for him by the family.