Miller, Leta L.

Leta L. Miller died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at her home in Wellman at the age of 87 years. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church, rural Wellman. Pastor Elmer Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Upper Deer Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman, where the family will greet friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.

Leta was born June 24, 1924, near Kalona, Iowa, the daughter of Manas and Lydia (Miller) Brenneman. She attended Prairie Dale rural school. In her youth she accepted Christ as her Savior and was baptized. On Feb. 6, 1944, she was united in marriage to Paul W. Miller at Fairview Mennonite Church, rural Kalona. They made their home in rural Wellman, where Leta was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church and she volunteered at the Crowded Closet. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, flowers, quilting, bird watching and reading.

Leta is survived by her husband, Paul of Wellman; six children, Larry Miller (Sharon) of Wellman, Karen Kahler (Larry) of North Liberty, Donald Miller (Tamara) of Wellman, Sanford Miller (Mary Lou) of Millersburg, Ind., James Miller (Ramona) of Wellman and Scott Miller of Wellman; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Dale Brenneman of Kalona and Leroy Brenneman of Kalona; and a sister, Ruth Hershberger of Wellman.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Amanda Nafziger, Fannie Miller and an infant; and five brothers, Norman Brenneman, Edwin Brenneman, Robert Brenneman, Ezra Brenneman and Floyd Brenneman.

A memorial fund has been established for Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church and Iowa City Hospice.

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Published Nov. 24, 2011, in The Gazette