HM 1002 — Memorializing Former Representative Carl Miller

HOUSE MEMORIAL 26-1002 BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) McCluskie and Lukens, Bacon, Barron, Boesenecker, Brown, Caldwell, Camacho, Carter, Clifford, Duran, English, Espenoza,Froelich,Garcia,Espenoza, Froelich, Garcia, Gilchrist, Goldstein,Hamrick,Hartsook,Jackson,Goldstein, Hamrick, Hartsook, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lieder, Lindsay, Mabrey, Martinez, Mauro, McCormick, Nguyen, Paschal, Phillips, Ricks, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Suckla, Taggart, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Weinberg, Willford, Winter T., WoodrowWoodrow. MEMORIALIZING FORMER REPRESENTATIVE CARL MILLER.

WHEREAS,MEMORIALIZING OurFORMER respectedREPRESENTATIVE formerCARL colleague,MILLER. Carl Eugene Miller, a pastmemberoftheColoradoHouseofRepresentatives,departedthislife on August 9, 2025, at the age of 86, in Leadville, Colorado;

andWHEREAS, WHEREAS,RepresentativeMillerwasOur borninLeadvilleonOctoberrespected 28,former 1938,colleague, to Carl andEugene RuthMiller, Miller;a pastmemberofthe ColoradoHouse ofRepresentatives, departedthis life on August 9, 2025, at the age of 86, in Leadville, Colorado;

and WHEREAS, Representative Millerwas borninLeadville on October 28, 1938, to Carl and Ruth Miller;

and WHEREAS, Soon after, Representative Miller volunteered for the draft andandjoined joined the United States Army in 1958;

and 4 great-grandchildren, and which additionally included his brother, his sisters, and a multitude ofofnieces nieces and nephews;

and WHEREAS, Representative Miller would also continue his lifelong involvementintheminingindustryuponreturningtoLeadville;tobegin,involvementinthemining heindustryuponreturningto establishedLeadville; a career as an underground electrician, working in the Climax molybdenum mine at the top of Fremont Pass for 27 years, and served on the executive board and as the president of his local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers labor union;

andto WHEREAS,begin, Additionally,he Representativeestablished Millera playedcareer as an integralunderground partelectrician, working in the miningClimax industry'smolybdenum decisionmine toat establish Leadville as the permanenttop homeofFremont ofPass thefor National27 Miningyears, Hall of Fame and Museum,served whichon was founded in 1987 in the veryexecutive buildingboard that had once been Representative Miller's high school, and inas 1989 he was appointed the first president and executive director of thehis museum,local inInternational whichBrotherhood roleofElectrical heWorkers wouldlabor gounion; on to serve and guide the institution for an additional 10 years;

and WHEREAS, Additionally, Representative Miller played an integral part in the mining industry's decision to establish Leadville as the permanent home of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, which was founded in 1987 in the very building that had once been Representative Miller's high school, and in 1989 he was appointed the first president and executive director of the museum, in which role he would go on to serve and guide the institution for an additionIOyears;

and WHEREAS,TheLeadvilleTrail100beganasameanstoreinvigorateWHEREAS, TheLeadvilleTrail I 00 beganas ameanstoreinvigorate Leadville when Climax Mine, the city's primary employer and where Representative Miller had worked as an underground electrician, began a decades-long shutdown in the 1980s;

now, the Leadville Trail 100 bringsmillionsofdollarstoLakeCountyeachyear,andtherace'sLegacybringsmillions ofdollars toLake Countyeachyear, andtherace's Legacy Foundation helps ensure donations benefit and serve the needs of the local community;

and PAGE 2-HOUSE MEMORIAL 26-1002 WHEREAS, Representative Miller was selected to be the first board memberoftheLeadvilleTrail100LegacyFoundationin2002,apositionmemberoftheLeadville Trail 100LegacyFoundation in2002, aposition he would hold for the restrestofhis of his life, but his involvement with the race already ran deep;

in fact, Representative Miller had helped secure the permits for the first Leadville Trail 100 race in 1983, and due to his crucial work, he was given the honor ofoffiring firing the starting shotgun at the inaugural event;

and WHEREAS,RepresentativeMilleralsocontributedtothecommunityWHEREAS,RepresentativeMilleralso contributedtothe community through his work as a dedicated and deeply involved public servant;

he worked on the Lake County School Finance and Scholarship Committees and contributed to manyothermany other civic and county engagements, such as the Hospital Advisory Group, the Council on Aging,theHistoricPreservationCommission,andthe3rdCongressionalAging, theHistoricPreservation Commission, andthe 3rdCongressional Military Academy Advisory Selection Committee;

and he sat as a past chairman ofofColorado's Colorado's Region 13 Council ofofGovernments; Governments;

and WHEREAS, After deciding to run for state government, Representative Miller was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996, where from 1997 to 2004 he served 4 terms as the state Representative for District 61 and later District 56, representing the citizens of Chaffee, Eagle, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Lake, Mineral, Park, Pitkin, Rio Grande, Saguache, Summit, and Teller counties over the course ofofhis his time with the General Assembly;

the Local GovernmentCommittee;theBusinessAffairsandLaborCommittee;andGovernmentCommittee;theBusinessAffairs theandLaborCommittee; Information and Technology Committee;

and the Information and Technology Committee;

and also several interim committees,includingtheWatercommittees, includingthe Water and Land Resources Issues Committee, the CommuterCommuterAirlines Airlines Committee, the Need to ConductConductFiscal FiscalStudy Studyofof StateandLocalGovernmentsCommittee,andtheTaskForcetoEvaluateStateandLocalGovernments Committee, andthe TaskForceto Evaluate Health Care Needs (Rural and Small Group);

and PAGE 3-HOUSE MEMORIAL 26-1002 WHEREAS, Representative Miller believed in protecting Colorado's naturalresources,especiallyitswaters,minerals,andwildlife;advancingnaturalresources, developmentsespeciallyits inwaters, technology;minerals, andwildlife;

advancing developments in technology;

and WHEREAS, Overall, Representative Miller lived his life unwaveringlydevotedunwaveringly devoted to his familyandfamily and his community;

he deeplyloveddeeply loved Leadville, often reading books about local history, and enjoyed walking, biking, and prospecting in his beloved Colorado outdoors;

and WHEREAS, Representative Miller was an accomplished, respected publicservantwhowillberememberedforhishardwork,dedication,andpublicservantwhowillberememberedforhishardwork, dedication, and community-oriented achievements;

now, therefore, PAGE 4-HOUSE MEMORIAL 26-1002 Be It Resolved by the House ofofRepresentatives Representativesofthe of the Seventy-fifth GeneralGeneralAssembly Assemblyofthe of the State ofofColorado: Colorado:

That in the death of Carl Miller, the people of the State of Colorado have lost an exemplary public servant and outstanding citizen, and that we, the members ofofthe the Colorado House ofofRepresentatives, Representatives, do hereby extend our deep and heartfelt sympathyto the membersofmembers hisofhis familyandfamily and pay tribute to a man who served his state well and faithfully.

Be It Further Resolved, That copies ofofthis this Memorial be sentsentto to Mary Ann Miller, his wife;

Cindy Koucherik, his daughter, and Donnie Koucherik,hisson-in-law;SherryMcGoldrick,hisdaughter,andPatrick McGoldrick, hishis. son-in-law;

Kaylason-in-law; Marcella, Stephanie Koucherik, Christopher Koucherik, and Nicole McGoldrick, his grandchildren;

ElizabethKayla Savoren,Marcella, AbigailStephanie Marcella,Koucherik,rick RyLeeChristopher Marcella,Koucherik, and EmiliaNicole Koucherik,McGoldrick, his great-grandchildren;grandchildren;

MaryElizabeth LouSavoren, Richards,Abigail hisMarcella, sister,RyLee Marcella, and Emilia Gale Richards, his brother-in-law;

Jean Ann Farlow, his sister, and Jim Farlow,hisbrother-in-law;DonnieMiller,hisbrother,andDebbieMiller,Farlow,hisbrother-in-law;DonnieMiller, hisbrother, andDebbieMiller, his sister-in-law;

____________________________"' ____________________________ Vanessa Reilly Julie McCluskie CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SPEAKERTHEHO OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF REPRESENTATIVES PAGE 5-HOUSE MEMORIAL 26-1002