Carla Eleanor (Peterson) MILLER

MILLER, PETERSON, MCDONALD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:54

Carla Eleanor Miller
October 31, 1915 ---- February 9, 2021

Carla Eleanor Miller, 105-year-old resident of Onamia, passed away on Feb. 9, 2021, at the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia. Private interment will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Oakland, Minnesota at a later date. Arrangements are with the Shelley Funeral Chapel of Onamia.

Carla Miller was born on Oct. 31, 1915, to Richard J. and Mina E. (McDonald) Peterson in Belmond, Iowa. Her family moved to Oakland, Minnesota in 1921 where she grew up. She graduated from Austin High School in 1932. After graduating from Mankato State University in 1935, she taught in a Mankato State-affliated school, until her marriage in 1937 to Oscar Miller. “OsCarla” lived in Heron Lake, Lyle, Zumbrota, Morris and Onamia. Oscar served as superintendent of schools and Carla was a homemaker for 13 years until their three children were all in school. She attended night classes and summer sessions at the University of Minnesota, earning her BA degree in 1960. She graduated with high distinction, with a major in English and a minor in speech. She taught English and Speech at Cyrus, Chokio, Isle, and Onamia, Minnesota. She had many students who were winners in speech and essay contests. She dearly loved teaching and her pupils, and over the years she enjoyed the appreciation expressed by many students.

Carla is survived by her three children, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, one sister, and several nieces and nephews. Carla was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Miller, and three sisters.

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