Frances Miller 1909-2000

MILLER TAYLOR FEGENBUSH MERCER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 6/7/2009 at 20:05:57

Sioux City Journal
9 May 2000

Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2000
Frances Miller

Frances Miller, 91, of Manchester, Tenn., formerly of Sioux City, died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at her residence following a lengthy illness.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Coffee County, Tenn., with the Rev. John Kirk officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. today at Manchester Funeral Home in Manchester.

Mrs. Miller was born March 24, 1909, in Whiting, Iowa, the daughter of Roy and Eunice (Taylor) Fegenbush. She graduated from Whiting School.

She married Beverly Mercer in 1928. The couple made their home in Sioux City, where she was a homemaker. Her husband preceded her in death. She later married John B. Miller, who preceded her in death.

She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Tullahoma, Tenn.

Survivors include two sons, Gary and Don Mercer, both of Manchester; three daughters and their husbands, Shirley and Jim Cobb and Sandy and Edward Shasteen, all of Manchester and Sally and Bill Bishop of Atlanta, Ga.; two sisters and their husbands, Sally and Paul Poskevich of Sioux City and Maxine and Dr. Edward Hammer of San Clemente, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Arthur "Bud" Mercer; a daughter, Beverly Taylor; three brothers, Don, Dale and William Fegenbush; and four sisters, Marjorie Gaskill, Mildred "Dutch" Anderson, Alice Atmore and Sister Mary Eunice (Annabell).

Buried at Hite Cemetery- Whiting, Iowa