Kenneth Taylor Milne, Jr., âDaddy,â âPoppa,â 92, of Eastport, Mich., passed away on Jan. 22, 2021 in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., from natural causes. He was born Feb. 13, 1928 in Paris, France, to Kenneth and Gladys Milne.
Before moving to Pendleton, Ind., at the age of five, he lived in Adelaide, Australia, and London, England, with his family. He was accepted to Purdue University at the age of 17, a year prior to his high school graduation, and received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering four years later.
He met Barbara Lea Koch while skiing in Aspen and married her later that year on Dec. 5, 1959. They spent 57 years together before her passing in 2017. He worked as an electrical engineer for 37 years with General Motors at the Warren Technical Center. Notable projects include the instrumentation and digitizing of the 1984 C-4 Corvette as well as the work on the C-3 Corvette.