Home Celebration of love The Millers, both now 85, met at a festival in Shanesville (Sugarcreek), Ohio, in September 1951, and married Aug. 2, 1952. Incidentally, Miriam was at the festival with her girlfriend, Maxine Immel, and Don was at the festival with his friend, the late Wayne Gerber. They also fell in love and married March 16, 1952. The Millers lived on the farm that had been in Don's family for five generations.