Mode Baker Miller

April 7, 1933 - June 25, 2025

Mode Baker “Skippy” Miller was born on April 7, 1933, in Port Arthur, Texas to Gibbs D. and Ethel Baker Miller. He was a resident of Kaplan for over 60 years. He left this Earth on June 25, 2025. He retired as a Lt. Colonel after serving 28 years in the USAF reserve. Baker was a contractor, who at one time had a prosperous self-service car wash business. He also built car washes for several people across the state of Louisiana. Aside from the carwash business, he owned several other small businesses for supplemental income and later acquired several houses which he provided on a rent to own basis for underprivileged people.
He is survived by a son, Mark Vincent Miller (with wife Cyndie) of Lafayette, Louisiana and a daughter, Jane Miller Veazey (with husband Gerald) of Arnaudville, Louisiana. He had 4 granddaughters, Alyssa Hebert, married to Joshua, of Maurice, Louisiana; Mallory Dubus, married to Jason, of Kaplan, Louisiana; Ashley Kovacs, married to Dean, of Sugar Land, Texas; Meaghan Rozean, married to Cameron, of Port Orchard, Washington and one grandson, Garrett Veazey of Arnaudville, Louisiana. Baker also leaves 6 great grandchildren.
Mr. Miller was preceded in death by his wife, Claribel Vincent Miller, his parents Gibbs Dennis Miller and Ethel Baker Miller, a sister, Elgie Ruth Dautreil, and a brother, Gibbs Dennis Miller, Jr.
The family would like to thank Hospice of Acadiana for making his last days comfortable.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to a local charity of your choice.
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