Charles Lester Miller was born May 13,1926 as the third child of Esther (Rambow) and Albert Miller in Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan.

He married Bernice Hehl on October 5, 1946 and they had two children.

After retirement, they lived in Neosho, Missouri and Charles died there on December 22, 2004 at the age of 78.

Bernice died at 91 in Neosho on February 17, 2020. Both are buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in LaSalle, Michigan.