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Miller, Sandra Jo
Sandra Jo Miller,died Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, at Mercy Iowa City. Sandy's family will receive friends at her visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Following her visitation, she will be cremated and will be buried in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7.
Sandy is survived by her husband, Shawn Miller of Clarence; her son and daughter-in-law, Toby and Dawn Boettcher of Clinton; grandchildren, C. J. and Gabby Boettcher; sister, Kathy Vance of Tipton; and brother, John Ford of San Diego, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Sandra Jo, the daughter of Henry David and Mary Magdalene Fell Tank, was born on Sept. 17, 1954, in Muscatine, Iowa. Sandy was a graduate of Tipton High School and later graduated from Scott Community College with a Nursing Degree. Sandy was married to Shawn A. Miller on Jan. 18, 1992, in Apple Valley, Calif. Sandy worked as a nurse for several years at Prairie Hills Assisted Living Center in Tipton, until her declining health forced her into early retirement. Sandy was a member of the Visiting Nurses Association and attended the Tipton Foursquare Gospel Church.
A memorial has been established in her name for the Foursquare Gospel Church in Tipton.
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