Miller, Marilyn M. Swinehart (1934-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Sep 22 p. 8

Birth date: 1934

text of obituary:

MARILYN M. MILLER

Marilyn M. Miller, 69, died Aug. 12, 2003, in Goshen, Ind., after a courageous 11-month battle with cancer. She was born June 23, 1934, to C. Olen and Hilda Shoup Swinehart near Orrville, Ohio.

On Aug. 27, 1955, she married D. Richard Miller in Orrville.

She was a 1952 graduate of Apple Creek (Ohio) High School and a 1959 graduate of Goshen College.

She was an elementary school teacher for 31 years, primarily in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She and her husband lived in Fort Dodge for nearly 41 years, and moved to Goshen almost eight weeks before her death. She died as she lived - with a strong faith, determination and dignity.

She was a member of Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship of Goshen.

Recent organization memberships or other involvement in Fort Dodge included Community Bible Study, Delta Kappa Gamma, Evangelical Mennonite Church, Family Development Council, First Baptist Church and Webster County Retired School Personnel. She received the Golden Apple Award for teaching from the Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce. She volunteered as mentor in the Fort Dodge Community Schools Bridges Program.

In recent years she served on the board of directors of Community Day Care and Fort Dodge Area Symphony. She also had served on the Iowa-Nebraska Conference Board of Congregational Ministries.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Christine Miller of Fort Wayne; three sons, Daniel and his wife, Nadine, and Philip and his wife, Jean, both of Goshen, and David and his wife, Lori, of Wichita, Kan.; a sister, Elaine Troyer of Fargo, N.D.; and three grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship. A memorial service was held at First Baptist Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Burial was in Violett Cemetery.