Miller, William Hyatt III

Bill was born in Rossland, B.C. on February 20, 1916, the second child of William S. Miller II and Evelyn Miller.  The family came to Princeton when he was three years old and for a short while lived in Princeton. Following the father’s employment, they moved to Copper Mountain for a short time and then Allenby where he spent his younger years. In 1935 and 1936 he worked most of the time for West Kootenay Power on line construction. In 1936 he worked on construction of two power lines from Greenwood to Oliver.  He also worked on the substation for Hedley. On January 2, 1937, he was hired by the Granby Company to work in the office at the power plant in Princeton. He was manager of the Granby Mill at Allenby – 1960 till it closed.  This began a long association with Granby and Associate companies that lasted for forty-three years. He walked to and from the site at Princeton, from his home at Allenby, each shift.

In 1940, he married Nadine (Deanie) Wenerston and had three children: Karen in 1941, Mary-Louise in 1942 and Bill Jr., in Princeton in 1951.  Nadine died after a long illness.

In 1973, he was transferred to the head office of Granby in Vancouver to work in the exploration and development department.  He married an old time friend, Connie Leander (Stevens).  At the end of the year in 1979, the Granby Company was working on a proposal to take over Noranda’s Bell Mine near Granisle.  He opted to take early retirement and did not hesitate to move back to Princeton.  He had travelled extensively all over the world.