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Miller, Katie Ann (1921-2003)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 May 19 p. 11
Birth date: 1921 Jan 20
text of obituary:
KATIE ANN MILLER
Katie Ann Miller, 82, of Kalona, Iowa, died May 2, 2003, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. She was born Jan. 20, 1921, to Henry J. and Mary Ann (Stutzman) Kauffman in Arthur, Ill.
She grew up in Illinois and Oklahoma and was baptized in Arthur. On May 25, 1941, she married Lester Miller at Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church.
She was a member of Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church and volunteered at the Crowded Closet and Pleasantview Home for 10 years. She loved to make quilts and enjoyed helping people.
Survivors include her husband, Lester; three sons, Duane and his wife, Sharon, of Burlington, Calvin and his wife, Jean, of Abingdon, Va., and Kenneth of Wellman; four daughters, Marietta Yoder of Kalona, Elvesta Hochstedler and her husband, Loren, of Kalona, Rita Miller and her husband, Ellis, of Apple Creek, Ohio, and Ruth Beachy and her husband, Craig, of Plain City, Ohio; two sisters, Martha Stutzman of Kalona and Clara Gingerich of Iowa City; two brothers, Jacob Kauffman of Kalona and Harvey Kauffman of Middlebury, Ind.; 21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Jim Yoder; two brothers, Levi and Joe Kauffman; a sister, Esther Borntrager; and a granddaughter.
Funeral services were held at Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church. Burial was in Upper Deer Creek Cemetery.