Austin D. “Milli” Milliken, age 17, of Wellston, passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 5, 2017 at his home, surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous 17-year battle with AVM. He was born July 2, 1999 in Chillicothe, Ohio to Matthew S. Milliken and Mary E. Walters Milliken. <\/p>\n
Austin, a senior at Wellston High School, had already received his diploma from Wellston City Schools, making him a 2017 graduate. He was a point guard for the Wellston Runnin’ Rockets basketball team and the manager of the Wellston Golden Rockets football team. <\/p>\n
Austin was a typical teenager who was a gamer and a jack of all trades; but most of all, he was an inspiration to others. <\/p>\n
He is survived by his parents, Matt and Mary Milliken of Wellston; brother, Ryan Milliken of McArthur; grandparents, Gregg and Nila Milliken of Wellston; great-grandparents, Harry and Nellie Oyer of Chillicothe; nephews and niece, Gavin, Hunter, Kynnli and Emry Milliken, along with several aunts, uncles, cousins and a host of friends. <\/p>\n
Austin was preceded in death by great-grandparents, John and Ethel Milliken, Blain and Ida Amburgey and Moses and Mary Ellen Walters. <\/p>\n
Calling hours will be Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston. A Celebration of Life service will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the Wellston High School gymnasium with Pastor Rob Ervin officiating. <\/p>\n
Burial will follow in the Ridgewood Cemetery. For those who wish, the family would appreciate contributions be given to the Austin “Milli” Milliken Memorial Scholarship Fund c\/o Wellston City Schools, 1 East Broadway, Wellston, Ohio 45692. <\/p>\n
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Austin D. “Milli” Milliken, age 17, of Wellston, passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 5, 2017 at his home, surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous 17-year battle with AVM. He was born July 2, 1999 in Chillicothe, Ohio to Matthew S. Milliken and Mary E. Walters Milliken. Austin, a senior at Wellston High School,\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7471,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470\/revisions\/7471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}