Miller, Frances "Lucille" 1909 - 2007

MILLER, FATE, ELSTON

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/2/2010 at 10:15:51

Lucile Miller

Date of Death
Friday, November 02, 2007

Elk Point, South Dakota

Lucile Miller, 98, of rural Elk Point, South Dakota, passed away Friday, November 2, 2007, at her residence.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2007 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Akron. Lay Pastor Neil Peck will officiate. Burial will follow in the Riverside Cemetery in Akron. Visitations will be after 1:00 p.m. Sunday, November 4, 2007, with the family present from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., all at Carlsen Funeral Home – Schroeder Chapel in Akron. Visitation will resume 1 hour prior to the services on Monday at the church.

Frances Lucile Miller was born May 15, 1909 in Spencer, Iowa, the daughter of Ulysess Grant and Mary (Elston) Fate. When she was three years old, she moved with her family by train to a farm in Union County, South Dakota. She has been living at that same farmstead for over 95 years. She attended grade school in Richland, South Dakota. In 1918, she and her classmates lost 1 year of school due to the flu epidemic. After returning to school, she attended high school in Elk Point and graduated from Elk Point High School in 1928. After her father passed away in 1931, she and her mother managed the farm and raised Hereford cattle, chickens, and milked cows by hand.

She was united in marriage to Floyd Austin Miller on August 21, 1946 at the Methodist church in Akron. She and Floyd continue her family heritage on the farm in Union County, South Dakota. After retiring in 1982, they continued to live on the farm. Floyd passed away July 9, 1994 at home.

Lucile was a longtime member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Akron where she was a member of the United Methodist Women group. She enjoyed vegetable gardening. She also enjoyed sewing and canning. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Survivors include her daughter, Sandra Miller of Elk Point, South Dakota; and special cousins: Jean Nordquist of Beresford, South Dakota, Daisy Sand and her husband Vernon of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and David Abbott and his wife Pamella of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Floyd; and an infant brother: Georgie Fate.

Source: Carlsen Funeral Home
Akron, Iowa