Miller, Catherine Yoder (1914-2008)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2008 Nov 10 p. 9

Birth date: 1914 Nov 21

text of obituary:

CATHERINE MILLER

Catherine Miller, 93, of Oakland, Md., and formerly of Greencroft retirement home, Goshen Ind., died Sept. 12, 2008, at her daughter’s home. She was born Nov. 21, 1914, to Daniel E. and Magdalena “Maude” (Bontrager) Yoder in Topeka, Ind.

She married Cornelius Miller on Nov. 30, 1933, in Topeka. He preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 1990.

She moved to Goshen from Topeka in 1940 and resided there until 2002, when she moved to Oakland. She was a homemaker. She managed the Waterford Elementary School cafeteria in Goshen for 19 years and the Little Eden Camp cafeteria in Onekema, Mich., for six years. She was a charter member of Waterford Mennonite Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Grace Slaubaugh and her husband, Marvin, of Wellman, Iowa, and Mary Ellen Lichty and her husband, Ralph, of Oakland; two sons, Maurice Glenn Miller and his wife, Susan, of Milwaukee, Wis., and John Stanley Miller and his wife, Rachel, of Lawrence, Kan.; three sisters, Maggie Yoder, Mary Bontrager and Lucille Blue, all of Goshen; four grandsons; five granddaughters; seven great-grandsons and four great-grandaughters [sic].

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cornelius; two brothers, John E. and Orva Jay Yoder; and four sisters, Alta Yoder, Ida May Yoder, Ruby Wyse and Elma Stauffer.

A memorial service was held at Waterford Mennonite Church of Goshen. A family graveside service was held at Maple Grove Cemetery in Topeka.