Eunice A. Miller 1921-2010

MILLER WINTER SCHEEL

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 3/25/2011 at 20:25:07

Sioux City Journal
2 January 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Eunice A. Miller, 89, of Sioux City passed away peacefully and joyfully joined her Lord and Savior on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, while surrounded by her family at Westwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Kenny Hsu officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel, 6200 Morningside Ave. Condolences may be sent online to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Eunice was born April 14, 1921, in South Sioux City, the daughter of Willy F. and Elizabeth (Winter) Scheel. She graduated from South Sioux City High School in 1939.

On Feb. 23, 1941, she married Vernelle W. "Vern" Miller at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sioux City. Eunice worked part-time helping her dad in the office at Hofling Plumbing. She later worked part-time in the office of Cargill Salt and Molasses Division. She also assisted her husband at home with bookkeeping and income tax work for a few businesses and friends. Vern passed away on July 25, 2004, in Sioux City.

Eunice was a lifelong member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday school, was a member of the Mr. & Mrs. Club, served on the finance committee and was financial secretary for more than 40 years. She was a charter member of the Lamplighters for the Lutheran Service Auxiliary. She loved animals, especially dogs, and working in her yard. She had a wonderful sense of humor and enjoyed sharing jokes with others.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Richard and Joleen Miller; a daughter and her husband, Beverly and Ken Mestelle; and a granddaughter, Mackenzie Mestelle, all of Minneapolis, Minn.; and two sisters, Mabel Greene of Denison, Iowa, and Alice Kruithoff of Sioux City.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a sister, Esther Culley; and two brothers, Merl Scheel and Floyd Scheel.

Memorials may be made in her name to the Lutheran Hour or the June E. Nylen Cancer Center.