Ralph James Miller's Obituary
Ralph James Miller, 50 of Boonville, Missouri passed away on Monday, May 21, 2018 at The Lodge in Fayette Missouri after a long, courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral arrangements are pending in care of HT May funeral home in Boonville, MO.
Ralph was born on July 4, 1967 in Columbia, Missouri to Ralph and Shirley Miller. He grew up in Boonville with his mother and father Jim Ray Kluck as well as six brothers and sisters. He worked most of his adult life at the family business, Kluck's Hallway in Boonville. He married Ann Bulen and gained two children from this marriage whom he thought of as his own. Ralph moved to Springfield, Missouri and spent the next few years there where he gained a multitude of friends who became his extended family. Ralph didn't know a stranger and treated everyone the same. He was proud of his sobriety and his faith in God. He also found himself as a medium for many people he met along his journey.
Ralph is known for his strength and his kindness. He was always willing to help anyone at any time. He was very loved by his entire family and many many friends.
Ralph was preceded in death by his grandparents, his birth father Ralph Miller Sr., and his brother Bryce Miller.
Ralph is survived by his two children Rodney Jenks and Carrie Brown, his mother Shirley Terrell-Kluck, his father and step mother Jim Ray and Richelle Kluck, his brothers James Jackson (Kerri Mullins), Bobby Jackson, Josh Kluck (Misty Strickland), Jake Kluck, Jay Miller, and his step brother Alec Adair; his sisters Carrie Jackson (Mike Gentry), Ciera Kluck, and his two step sisters Amanda Adair, and Lindie Adair (Alyson Gibson) as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews and extended family.
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