Frank X. Miller, 90, died Tuesday, January 2, 2012 at the Hays Regional Medical Center. He was born May 7, 1921 to Max F. and Olinda Beahm Miller in LaCrosse, Kansas. On November 13, 1949 he married Arlene Musbach in Ness City. She survives. Also surviving are children Kent and wife Chris, Beloit; Kirk and wife Lois, LaCrosse; and Annette and husband Dan Frey, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He graduated from LaCrosse High School in 1939 and from Kansas State University in May 1943 with a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture. He enlisted in the US Navy and served in World War II from 1942 until he was honorably discharged on June 19, 1946.

He moved to Ness City in 1947 and served as Ness County Agricultural Extension agent until 1955 when he became District Sales Manager for DeKalb Ag Research until 1982. He then went to work as District Sales Manager for O's Gold Seed Company for two years before he retired.

He served on the Ness City USD #303 School Board, was named a Paul Harris Fellow through the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, was a VFW member, and was a former 4-H community club leader. He was a member of the Ness City First Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Kirby.

Funeral Service is Friday, January 6, 2012, 2:00 P.M. at the Ness City First Baptist Church. Burial in Ness City Cemetery. Friends may call at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City, on Wednesday from 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. and Thursday from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Memorial contributions may be given to Ness City First Baptist Church or Kansas State University Department of Agronomy.