Marjorie Joyce (Sanders) MILLER

MILLER, SANDERS, LYON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/3/2011 at 11:02:11

Marjorie Joyce Miller
August 21, 1924 - January 2, 2011

Joyce Miller, 86, of Clarion, Iowa passed away Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Careage of Clarion in Clarion. Funeral services for Joyce Miller will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, January 3, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church, 201 3rd Avenue North East in Clarion, with Pastor Don Morrison officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion. Visitation will be held on Monday, January 3, 2011 from 9:00 – 10:00 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Clarion.

Marjorie Joyce Miller was born August 21, 1924 in Clarion, Iowa to Ralph and Elsie (Lyon) Sanders. She graduated from Clarion High School in 1942. Joyce was united in marriage to Morris Milbern Miller on June 19, 1949 in Clarion, Iowa. To this union, a son, Roger Kevin was born in 1951. In addition to her roles as homemaker and as farm bookkeeper, Joyce worked as a news reporter and photographer for the Wright County Monitor, and was employed by the Wright County Treasurer’s Office, where she served as clerk and later, as deputy.

Joyce served 10 years on the board of the Clarion Public Library and as chairman of the board. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clarion and was Past Worthy Matron of the Ada Chapter of Eastern Star. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Campbell Clan Society of North America. Joyce enjoyed needlepoint and in 1974, became interested in Genealogy, which grew into a full time hobby. She was a member of the Iowa State Genealogical Society.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Dr. Roger Miller and his wife of 31 years Jo Anne of Duluth, Minnesota, and grandchildren, Nicholas Kevin Miller, Ryan Michael Miller, and Alexandra Marie Miller. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband Morris, in 2006, and her parents.

Wright County Monitor - Clarion, Iowa
January 13, 2011