Ronald (Ronnie) Dean Miller, 62, of Sugarcreek Dies; Funeral Notice Published

Ronald "Ronnie" Dean Miller, 62, of Sugarcreek "passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus" on Thursday, February 26 at Summa Health in Akron, according to a posting by Smith‑Varns Funeral Home. The Smith‑Varns excerpt gives Miller's birthdate as January 14, 1964, and names his birthplace as Millersburg.

Smith‑Varns' obituary text identifies Miller as the son of the late Freeman L. Miller and the late Anna L. (Keim) Miller. Beyond his parents, the materials provided to news outlets did not include a full list of surviving family members or personal biographical detail such as employment, church membership, or military service.

Funeral events are listed in multiple online memorial postings. Visitation is scheduled Tuesday, March 3, with two blocks — 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. — at Berlin Christian Fellowship, 5382 County Road 201, Millersburg, OH 44610. A celebration of life is set for Wednesday, March 4 at 1:00 p.m. at the same address; those event times and locations appear on both Legacy and Echovita memorial pages.

Sources differ on which funeral home is coordinating arrangements. Echovita lists Spidell Funeral Home - Mount Eaton as handling funeral arrangements, whereas Legacy shows the obituary and event postings as submitted by Smith‑Varns Funeral Home on February 26, 2026. The Times‑Reporter also published an obituary and funeral notice; the published notices and memorial pages contain overlapping event details but conflict in funeral‑home attribution.

Echovita's memorial page includes a request for memorial contributions "in lieu of flowers" to Advocates for Success, 638 Commercial Avenue SW, New Philadelphia, OH 44663. That donation instruction appears only on Echovita in the collected notices; Legacy's page and the Smith‑Varns posting do not list an alternative payee in the excerpts provided.

Online memorial pages carry standard functions for leaving condolences and sharing memories. Echovita invites family and friends to leave condolences and offers options such as sending flowers or planting a memorial tree; Legacy's page likewise invites followers to add photos and condolences and shows two entries in its event list.

Visitation and celebration details as published should be considered authoritative for scheduling purposes: March 3 visitations at 2:00–4:00 p.m. and 6:00–8:00 p.m., and the March 4 celebration at 1:00 p.m., all at Berlin Christian Fellowship, 5382 County Road 201, Millersburg. Reported funeral‑home responsibility differs between Spidell Funeral Home - Mount Eaton (per Echovita) and Smith‑Varns Funeral Home (per Legacy and Smith‑Varns postings).