Miller, Edna Pearl Scheffel (1919-2009)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2009 May 11 p. 9

Birth date: 1919 Apr 7

EDNA PEARL MILLER

Edna Pearl (Scheffel) Miller, 90, of Pryor, Okla., died April 16, 2009. She was born April 7, 1919, to Jake and Lizzie (Sutter) Scheffel in Pryor.

She was a lifelong Pryor resident who never lived more than two miles from where she was born. She attended school at Ogreeta School for eight years.

She married Elmer Miller on Nov. 22, 1945, in Pryor. They celebrated 50 years of marriage prior to his death in 1995.

She was a hard-working woman who began milking cows when she was 6. She and Elmer operated a dairy farm their entire married life, and she milked cows until she was 80. She loved working outside, gardening and raising fruit, and always had garden produce to share with family and neighbors. She was known for her hospitality.

As a young girl she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior, was baptized and became a member of Zion Mennonite Church, where she was a faithful member until her death. She taught Sunday school for many years, from the youngest class to her mother’s senior citizens class. She was involved in many church projects in the ladies sewing; making homemade lye soap for overseas relief projects. She and Elmer took many children from the community to Sunday school and to Bible school. She supported missionaries through various organizations. Her blindness in later years prevented her from doing things she loved to do, but she was cheerful and became the family prayer warrior.

Survivors include two sons, Gene Miller and his wife, Nancy, and Paul Miller and his wife, Mary, all of Pryor; two daughters, Elsie Miller and Ruth Miller, both of Pryor; two brothers, Everette Scheffel and Ken Scheffel, both of Pryor; two sisters, Letha Miller of Sweethome, Ore., and Lena Yoder of Rogers Ark.; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Miller; and a sister, Irene Miller.