The gymnasium at Harlem High School was packed to standing-room only as hundreds gathered in a celebration of life of the former mayor and county commissioner of the community, in a ceremony designed by Commissioner Vic Miller himself.

Miller died of complications from diabetes Aug. 18 in Great Falls.

Havre Daily News/Tim Leeds

Military service members remove the flag Saturday from the coffin of Blaine County Commissioner Vic Miller, a U.S. Army veteran, before folding the flag.

The ceremony included Native American ceremonies, eulogies, full military honors — and an hour-lon...