CLINTONVILLE, Venango County — Melvin Miller didn’t think his brother was going to get out of the hospital.

When Dan Miller, 34, had Stage 4 brain cancer in the winter of 2015, the Miller family thought he would die.

Dan Miller is home now, however he has severe memory loss and is not able to work.

Melvin Miller credits God with his brother’s survival.

“We are very lucky to have him,” Melvin Miller said. “Very lucky.”

Dan Miller remembers the people he knew before his tumor, including his wife and six children. He is able to do work around the house but is unable to have a job. Because of that, Noah Byler and Miller’s other fellow members of Old Order Amish Church chip in to help with the Miller’s monthly income.

But this month they are taking their aid further with a fundraiser to help fix up the house.

Melvin Miller opened a fund for Dan Miller in the Mercer County State Bank in Clintonville.

“I’ll do what I can to help,” Melvin Miller said. “I would do almost anything to help my brother out.”

A fundraiser will be at 4 p.m. Friday at the Clintonville Volunteer Fire Department fire hall. There will be food and drinks, as well as an auction at 6:30 p.m. and 50/50 tickets every half-hour.

Melvin hopes to raise enough money to build his brother a new house, though he acknowledges they may only get enough for an addition to the house.

That is what Byler is thinking.

“It would be tearing part of the house and building onto the house,” he said. “As far as a complete new house, I do not know if the funds would be there for that. I don’t want to get my hopes up too high.”

Byler and Miller’s family may not get their hopes up about the fundraiser, but they have put their faith in God regarding Dan Miller’s treatment.

Chemotherapy and radiation, as well as natural Amish remedies such as lemon juice and herbs, have shrunk the tumor by 75 percent.

Though further chemotherapy and radiation is an option, the Millers elected not to do that. Though they don’t know what will happen next, they remain steadfast in their faith.

“We have given up and left it in God’s hands,” Melvin Miller said.

While Dan’s memory has improved since he came home from the hospital — at first he didn’t recognize his own children — he still struggles to remember where he’s been or what he’s doing.

“You might be right there doing something with him and he’s right there and he knows exactly what’s going on, and it might last for maybe half an hour,” Byler said.

“Then he’s all mixed up, he’s not sure what you are doing or something like that. Then after a while he might be with you again. It it’s just like that. It’s back and forth.”

Those interested in donating to the bank fund can contact Melvin Miller at 724-992-4759.