Miller, Betty Lou (1929-2015)

MILLER, DARROW, BROWN, PHILLIPS, BAINBRIDGE

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 9/9/2015 at 16:25:28

Betty Lou Miller
July 12, 1929 - August 27, 2015

Betty Lou Miller, age 86, of Storm Lake, Iowa, died on Thursday, August 27, 2015, at the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake.

Betty Lou Darrow, a daughter of Ralph E. and Zelda (Brown) Darrow, was born on July 12, 1929, in Revanna, Nebraska. After attending grade school in Alta and Storm Lake, Iowa, she graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1949. Then, while briefly attending Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, she met fellow classmate, Marvin Miller. They married on January 26, 1951, and subsequently became the parents of three children, David, Patricia, and Timothy.

Betty spent most of her life as a housewife, staying home and caring for her children. For a short time, she worked as a teacher’s aide and then for several years as a Nursing Assistant in various hospitals and nursing homes. She received the Governor’s award for volunteerism after volunteering in the Kindergarten class in the Storm Lake primary school for several years. An excellent pianist and organist, she served as a substitute organist in the church wherever she was living. Moreover, she volunteered as organist at what is now North Lake Manor in Storm Lake, playing for worship services when called and providing weekly entertainment for the residents until her hands became too stiff with arthritis to play comfortably.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Darrow. To mourn her passing, Betty leaves behind her husband, Marvin Miller, of Storm Lake, Iowa; her brother, Jack Darrow, of Albert City, Iowa; her sister, Dolores (Bud) Phillips, of Alta, Iowa; her children, David (Tammy) Miller, of Storm Lake, Iowa, Patricia Bainbridge, of Mapleton, Iowa, and Tim (Gayle) Miller, of Storm Lake, Iowa; eight grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; and very many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Memorial services will be held Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Visitation will take place Tuesday, September 1, 2015, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.

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