Creighton Verle Millard

Creighton Verle Millard, age 91, died Monday morning, September 28, 2015, at the Methodist Manor in Storm Lake, Iowa. He was surrounded by loving family. Creighton was born the third son to Henry William Millard and Ella Leone Thompson, September 9, 1924, in Moorhead, Iowa. He was united in marriage to Beula Marie Perrin on July 31, 1949. They were blessed with two children, Darrel and Carolyn. Creighton attended schools in Moorhead, Iowa and in Sioux Rapids, IA. He graduated from Sioux Rapids High School. He proudly served in United States Army in Admiralty Islands. He worked 36 years for Kingan Meat Processing Plant which later became Hygrade's. He worked for REA in Storm Lake, then later as a caretaker for the Storm Lake Cemetery. Family was number one with Creighton. He enjoyed taking his family on vacations to the Black Hills, Rocky Mountains, California, and Texas. One memorable vacation he took his family on a working vacation to his uncle’s farm so the uncle's family could get away while Creighton and his family enjoyed farm life. He enjoyed gardening and worked in his garden well into his 80’s. He played cards and taught his children and grandchildren many games. Though grandchildren did not live near, they kept them for extended vacations every summer building fond memories. In later years, Creighton and Beula traveled to visit family, and vacations with family included Washington DC, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Wisconsin and cruises. He even traveled to Barcelona, Spain when he was 85 years old. Creighton was a member of the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. He was a regular donor of blood, earning several pins for donating a gallon. He was known for his quick and genuine smile, and warm gentle nature. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Loren Millard and Marreld Millard; sisters in law Norma Millard, Donna Millard, Darlene Carbaugh, and Lila Perrin; brothers in law, Dwight Archer and Alfred Carbaugh; great nephew, Jacob Allen Bull. Left to cherish his memory are his beloved wife of 66 years, Beula Millard; children, Darrel (Virginia) Millard of Voluntown, Connecticut, and Carolyn Millard of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; grandchildren Andrew (Danielle) Millard, Angela (Christopher) Chabot, Bryan (Corbin) Orlenko, and Jason Orlenko; great grandchildren, Alexandra and Jackson Chabot, Annaclaire Millard and Corinne Orlenko, and many nieces and nephews. Family will receive visitors at the Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake, on Thursday evening, October 1, from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00. Funeral services will be held at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake on Friday morning, October 2, at 10:30 with the interment at the Storm Lake Cemetery. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.

Creighton Verle Millard

September 9, 1924 - September 28, 2015