SEQUIM – Ted Miller, a member of the Sequim City Council since 2009, has died of a stroke.
He was 74.
Miller died suddenly Friday, said his widow, Mary Miller, on Saturday. The couple would have celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary in June.
“He was funny as heck, always teasing,” she said. “He was very caring.”
Miller was serving his third term on the Sequim City Council.
A graduate of Michigan State University, Miller had worked as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and was an attorney, his widow said.
The couple moved to Sequim in 1997.
He served as mayor pro tem (now deputy mayor) in 2012 through 2013, again in 2016 through 2017, and was re-elected by the City Council to that position in January.
He represented the Council on the City Finance Committee, Clallam County Law and Justice Council, Peninsula Responders Emergency Program, Homelessness Task Force, Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, Growth Management Act Regional Committee, Clallam County Disability Board, North Olympic Development Council and Clallam Transit System Board.
“We are all saddened to hear the news of Ted’s passing. He was an extremely kind and compassionate human being with a great sense of humor,” said Sequim Mayor William Armacost.
“Ted has served the community for more than ten years with his work on the Sequim City Council and numerous boards and commissions. His experience and insight will be sorely missed. Our hearts go out to his family and loved ones.”
The family requests no flowers but will be including memorial information in a forthcoming obituary.
The couple had two children, a daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, Herbert; along with a daughter-in-law, Sandra, and a granddaughter, Eilee.
A memorial kiosk will be set up on the Civic Center Plaza, 152 West Cedar St., where members of the community can leave cards and condolences that will be given to the family, city officials said.
