Paul Robert Miller, 102, of Sweet Home, passed away Friday in Sweet Home. He was born in Walla Walla, Washington to Maurice W. and Leona Helen (Slater) Miller.

Paul was a logger from age 16 until the early 1950s. He was a Game and Fish Manager for the State of Arizona in the 1950s and 1960s. He was an artist and painted beautiful landscapes of wildlife and the scenery of Oregon and Arizona.

Paul and his wife, Ella, retired and lived in Sweet Home for 30 years.

Paul enjoyed taking long walks in the forest and all the beautiful parts of the Sweet Home area. He will be greatly missed by his family and his many friends of Sweet Home.

Paul is survived by: his only son, Donald Miller and his wife Irene of Arizona; grandchildren, Mary Dubbs and her husband Ron of Cottage Grove, Sandra Anderson and her husband Jarod of Springfield, Don Jr. and Arthur Miller of Cottonwood, California; eight great grandsons and one great granddaughter; one great-great granddaughter; his sister, Fay Contreras of Redding, California; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ella V. Miller, five sisters, and one brother.

No services will be held per Paul’s wishes. Memorial contributions in Paul’s memory can be made to Defenders of Wildlife (www.defenders.org).

Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel.