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Phyllis Miller
PHYLLIS MILLER
Olin
Phyllis Miller, 76, of Olin, passed away at UnityPoint- St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on May 9, 2018, following a sudden illness.
Her funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, May 14, 2018, at Lahey and Dawson Funeral Home in Olin. Visitation will be held 3:30 to 5 p.m. before the service. Burial will be held at a later date at Cedar Memorial in Cedar Rapids.
Phyllis Jean was born on Jan. 7, 1942, in Ohio, to Neil and Alma (Richmond) Hulick. She attended Cuyahoga Falls High School in Ohio. She married Wilbur Miller on Nov. 4, 1967, in Ohio. She worked as a nursing assistant and as a homemaker.
Phyllis was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed traveling, camping, knitting, cooking for her family and entertaining many groups. She and her husband spent 23 wonderful winters in Texas.
Those left to cherish her memories are her husband of 50 years, Wilbur; children, Dawn (Tim) Rickard of Sacramento, Calif., Carol (Jim) Nordhus of Janesville, Iowa, Diana (Terry) Sund of Cedar Rapids, and W. Scott Miller of Marion; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Barbara McGinty of Mesquite, Texas; and brother, Bud (Delores) Hulick of Huntington Beach, Calif.
She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Donald.
Memorials may be directed to her family in her honor.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.laheys.com.
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