Mrs. KERMIT (Cathy Lynn Honn) Troendle MILLER 1951-1998

LIVINGOOD, HONN, TROENDLE, MILLER, HAMMON, GIBBS, ROSS, LEAR

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/19/2007 at 17:28:07

Mrs. KERMIT (Cathy Lynn Honn) Troendle MILLER 1951-1998

Cathy Lynn Miller

Funeral services for Mrs. Kermit Miller were held Monday, September 21, 1998, at 11 a.m. in the Community Presbyterian Church at Postville, Iowa. The Rev. Gary Catterson officiated. Beverly Bacon was the organist. The Schutte Funeral Service of Postville was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Oakland Cemetery at Waukon, Iowa.

Cathy Lynn Miller, the daughter of Roger Honn and Eileen (Livingood) Hammon, was born April 23, 1951, in the Waukon, Iowa Hospital. She passed away Friday morning, September 18, 1998, at her home in Postville, Iowa. She was 47 years old.

Cathy attended the Waukon high School. She was married to Joe Troendle and their children are Chad, Audrey, Michele, and Jason.

On August 2, 1986 Cathy was married to Kermit Miller at the Forest Mills United Methodist Church, rural Postville, by Pastor Verdon Swenson. Kermit and Cathy lived in Postville where she managed their Rental Housing, Insurance, and Real Estate office. She was a licensed insurance agent with a CSIR designation. She opened the local antique store, "The Millstone Emporium", operating the store and buying and stocking the merchandise, a business she really enjoyed. Cathy helped many of the immigrants in adjusting to their new life in Postville by finding furnishings for their homes, teaching them local customs, and how to find their way around the area. She assisted some in starting their own business. Cathy was interested in the community and served in many ways to promote its growth.

Cathy was involved in fund raising for the Cancer Society, including the local Pancake breakfast and "Jail and Bail" program which raised money for the local chapter.

She enjoyed her garden and flowers and mowing the lawn. Her family remembers that she always tried to make work fun and would often bring along a picnic lunch. Cathy kept a special drawer in the kitchen full of candy for the grandchildren. She also enjoyed fixing up and decorating the rental apartments, making them attractive so that they would feel like home to the occupants.

Cathy especially loved the Christmas season and collected Santas and ornaments that would remind her of the holidays all year long.

She is survived by her husband, Kermit, her parents, Roger Honn and wife, Shari, of Cedar Rapids, and Eileen Hammon, of Lansing, IA, her children , Chad Troendle and wife Trudy, of Shellsburg, IA, Audrey and husband, Jon Gibbs, of West Union, IA, Michele Troendle of Waukon, IA, and Jason Troendle of Postville, stepchildren, Brian Miller and wife, Yvette of Postville, Brent Miller and fiancee, Terri Hilsheim, of Postville, Beth Ann and husband, Andy Ross of Ames, IA, and Becky Miller of Ames, two brothers, Steven Honn and wife, Dolores of Louisiana, Kevin Honn and wife, Kim, of Center Point, IA, a sister, Debbie Honn of Waukon, IA, a half brother, John Lear and wife, Lisa, of Beaverton, OR, two half sisters, Tabitha Honn and Chelsea Honn, both of Cedar Rapids, IA, a stepbrother, Joe Honn and wife, Stephanie of Cedar Rapids, ten grandchildren, Brianne and Collin Troendle, Joshua, Nathen, Thomas, Jessica, and Nicole Gibbs, Austin Troendle, Dustin Miller, and "Baby Gibbs" born September 20, 1998; maternal grandmother, Daisy Livingood and paternal grandmother, Pearl Honn, both of Waukon, IA.

She is preceded in death by her stepfather, Charles Hammon, paternal grandfather Roy Honn, maternal grandfather, Lynn Livingood, and one brother, Brian David Honn.

Casket bearers were Mark miller, Kenneth Meyer, Lee Bresnahan, Adam Quandahl, Roger Miller, and John Miller.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.