Lawrence Jerome Miller

Designer Caterpillar Tractor Company. Blev 82 år.

Barn med Janette "Jane" McCormick (1938 - 2020)

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Lawrence was born the son of Virgil and Katherine Miller in North Platte, NE. He grew up in Wallace, NE where he received his education and graduated from Wallace High School. He was chosen to attend Cornhusker Boys’ State and received honors during his time there. He was on the basketball and football teams and enjoyed playing the saxophone in a band with his cousin Roger.

On August 30, 1958, Larry was united in marriage to Janette J. McCormick at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in North Platte, NE, and to this union, three children were born. In 1959, he graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln with a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering.

He had numerous work experiences. He built a lawnmower when he was 10 years old to mow lawns. He worked in the Wallace Lumber Yard while attending college. After college, he worked for Caterpillar Tractor Company for 40 years, and holds a patent on part of the design of one of their tractors. As a side business, he designed and made tomato stakes with partners.

Lawrence loved the outdoors. He was a passionate landscaper. If he wasn’t inside working on a project, he was outside in his yard planting, pruning, trimming, re-planting, mulching, or mowing. It was one of his favorite things to do. He loved to travel and was always planning trips with Mom in their RV. He was an avid bicycler, and with Mom joined numerous bike clubs. He enjoyed working on computers. He could build, rebuild or fix any device. He had an amazing memory and could tell stories to the finest detail

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