John W. Miller Sr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

JOHN WILLIAM MILLER, SR SEPTEMBER 24, 1928 – SUNRISE FEBRUARY 4, 2024 - SUNSET JOHN WAS BORN IN BUCKS COUNTY, PA TO THE LATE WALTER AND BERTHA (GUY) MILLER. JOHN WAS THE SEVENTH (7TH) CHILD OF TWENTY ONE (21). HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE DARBY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT. AT THE AGE OF 20 HE MARRIED JEAN MARIE ELZEY, AND IN THIS UNION CAME 4 CHILDREN. JOHN AND JEAN MOVED TO CHESTER, PA IN 1950 AND LIVED WITH JEAN’S AUNT MARY FOR A BIT AND MADE CHESTER THEIR HOME. AS A CHILD HE AND HIS FAMILY WORSHIPED AT EBENEZER METHODIST CHURCH IN GLENOLDEN, PA. WHEN HE SETTLED IN CHESTER, PA HE IMMEDIATELY FOUND A NEW CHURCH HOME AT ST. DANIELS WHERE HE WORSHIPPED FAITHFULLY. AS A YOUNG MAN, JOHN WORKED AT THE LUMBER COMPANY IN MEDIA AND THE FARMER’S MARKET IN SHARON HILL. LIVING IN CHESTER, HE LANDED A JOB AT OPPENHEIM FOOD MARKET ON 3RD STREET AS THEIR GROCERY DELIVERY MAN. IT WAS A MOM AND POP GROCERCY STORE. HE WAS THE ORIGINAL FOOD DELIVERY MAN WAY BEFORE PEA POD, AMAZON, DOOR DASH AND INSTA CART. HE WAS KNOWN AS JOHNNY OPPENHEIM. IN 1966, HE WENT TO WORK FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY IN KING OF PRUSSIA AND WITH THAT HE AND JEAN SAVED ENOUGH TO PURCHASE THEIR FOREVER HOME IN HOLY CITY. JOHN RETIRED (SEMI) FROM GENERAL ELECTRIC IN 1995, BUT WENT BACK LATER ON TO DO SPECIAL SERVICES AND WORKED EVERY WEDNESDAY. A JOB IN WHICH HE TRULY ENJOYED, HE LOOKED FORWARD EVERYDAY TO GO TO WORK. IF HE WAS NOT AT WORK, ON SPECIAL DAYS HE WOULD BE AT HIS CHURCH ST. DANIELS, WHEN THEY HAD THE FEEDING OF THE HOMELESS, HE WAS RIGHT THERE SERVING AND SMILING. HE FINALLY RETIRED IN DECEMBER OF 2023, DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES. JOHN WAS LOVED BY ALL, WHEN YOU SAW HIM YOU SAW HIS SMILE. JOHN LOVED ALL HIS FAMILY AND HE WAS WELL LOVED BY ALL OF THEM. WHENEVER THERE WAS A MILLER FAMILY FUNCTION, EVERYONE WANTED TO KNOW WAS “MY” UNCLE JOHN COMING. HIS NAME WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST ON THE LIST. JOHN WAS AN AVID SPORTS FAN. HE LOVED WATCHING “HIS” EAGLES, 76’ERS, PENN ST AND MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS. HE WAS A HUGE LA DODGERS FAN AND SPENT SEVERAL SPRINGS TRAVELING TO ARIZONA FOR SPRING TRAINING. JOHN REJOICED IN SEEING THE EAGLES WIN THE SUPER BOWL, THE DODGERS WIN THE WORLD SERIES AND MICHIGAN WINNING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. PRECEEDED IN HIS DEATH WAS HIS WIFE JEAN MARIE (ELZEY), A DAUGHTER IN LAW MARQUITA, GRAND-DAUGHTER CARLA, GREAT GRANDSONS KARRON AND MAURICE, AND 17 OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. HE LEAVES TO HIS MEMORY HIS CHILDREN, JOHN JR ALSO KNOW AS KIM, CARL (PAULA), TONI (TERRY) AND ANTHONY ALSO KNOWN AS JOE. TWO BROTHERS PHILLIP AND NORMAN, ONE SISTER JUNE (MILLER) ABNER, 8 REMAINING GRANDCHILDREN JOHN (STACY), JASON (AMY), JEREMY, MICHELE, MYA, JASMINE, CHANELA (VINCE), DENZEL, 12 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, 6 GREAT-GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. THREE SISTER-IN-LAWS JULIE ELZEY, ANN MILLER, AND SANDY MILLER, THREE BROTHER-IN-LAWS FRANK GUY, LEONARD ELZEY AND CHARLES BAXTER, JR., A GOD DAUGHTER NYCOL TUCKER A HOST OF FAVORITE NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND HIS CHURCH FAMILY.

John W. Miller Sr.

September 24, 1928 - February 4, 2024