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Shirley B. Miller
“beloved mother, grandmother & great-grandmother”
Coudersport, PA---Shirley B. Miller, 84, of Coudersport, formerly of Bolivar, NY and Fishing Creek, Roulette, died Sunday, August 8, 2010, in Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport, after a long illness.
Born March 15, 1926 in Coudersport, she was a daughter of A. Randolph and Leta Hancock Burdick. On June 23, 1945 on Crandall Hill, Hebron Township, she married Merritt M. Miller, who died on April 23, 2003.
Mrs. Miller was a graduate of Coudersport High School, class of 1942. She was employed by the former Abbott Dairies in Coudersport and by the former Cameo Doll Factory in Port Allegany. She later was employed as a telephone operator for Bell Telephone Company in Coudersport for several years. She was also employed for a time for Farad Corporation in Coudersport. She was then employed by Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in Coudersport when it first opened as a switchboard operator and as an outpatient secretary, retiring after 15 years of service.
Mrs. Miller was a member of the Ceres United Methodist Church and had formerly been a member of the Fishing Creek United Methodist Church, the Riverside United Methodist Church in Roulette, and the Hebron Seventh Day Baptist Church. She had served as a church lay speaker in the United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Pennsylvania State Grange and a seventh degree member of the Patrons of Husbandry of the National Grange. She was a member and former secretary of the former Hebron Grange #1251 where she also served as lecturer. She was a member of the Central Grange #1216 in Sweden Valley, a member of the Potter County Pomona Grange #52, and, along with her husband, responsible for the Pomona Youth Program. Mrs. Miller and her husband were honored for 60 years of Grange service to the Potter County Granges in 2002.
Mrs. Miller lived most of her life on Fishing Creek in Roulette.
She enjoyed writing, gardening, sewing and Christian clowning.
Surviving are two daughters, Geraldine R. “Gerri” Miller of Fishing Creek and Teresa L. “Terry” (James) Pratt of Bolivar, NY; an adopted daughter, Jayne E. James of Fishing Creek; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Elvin S. “Corky” (Dorothy) Burdick of Roulette; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Miller was predeceased by two sons, Wesley Don Miller and Stephen Randolph Miller; two grandchildren; and a brother, Arden J. Burdick.
Friends may call on Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse, PA where funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at noon with the Rev. Randall W. Headley, pastor of the Port Allegany United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Hebron Cemetery, Hebron.
A Grange memorial service will be held Tuesday evening at 8:30 p.m. in the funeral home.
Flowers are gratefully declined and will be provided by the family. Memorials may be made to the Sweden Valley Manor Patient Activity Fund, 1028 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA 16915; the Alzheimer’s Association, PO Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011; or to a church of the donor’s choice.
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