Karen Miller Ryan, 1940-2013

RYAN, MILLER, THOMAS

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 2/19/2014 at 17:40:19

Karen K. (Miller)Ryan
Born: August 27, 1940
Died: December 4, 2013
Age: 73

SERVICES
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 14 at First Congregational Church in Spencer, IA.
OFFICIATING
Pastor Thomas Van Tassell, Pastor Wendy Van Tassell

CASKET BEARERS
All of the Faculty, Staff and Students of Spencer Community Schools, Past and Present

INTERMENT
Riverside Cemetery
Spencer, Iowa

Karen and Jack will be eventually buried together in a common grave.

Karen K. Miller was born August 27, 1940 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Linn S. and Daisy G. Miller. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs where she graduated third in her class. She then attended Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, MO earning a bachelors degree, played in the band and met Jack whom she later married after his stint in the Air Force. She was an All-State vocalist in Iowa and taught at Thomas Jefferson and then in Berthoud, CO where she put Jack through college as he was working on his Masters Degree at Colorado State University.

Karen and Jack were married at the Broadway Christian Church in Council Bluffs on July 25th and spent 47 years teaching in Spencer, Iowa were they made their home at 1225 1st Ave West in Spencer.

Karen was preceded in death by her brother, John S. Miller and nephew, Travis S. Miller.

She is survived by her husband, Jack; sister, Doris Lee Thomas of Dallas, TX; brother, Robert of Appleton City, MO, brother, George of Council Bluffs, IA and niece Peggy of Dallas, TX.

Karen was the consummate teacher and wife who will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Warner Funeral Home

Interment in Riverside cemetery
 

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