Irene Josephine Brockish Miller

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Obituary- Miller, Irene J.

Irene J. Miller
Irene Josephine Miller, 92, Topeka, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at a Topeka care center.

She was born Aug. 18, 1908 in Havensville, the daughter of George Otto and Anna Jessie Hanna Blank Brockish, and had resided in the Dover area most of her life.

Irene worked for the Daylor family in Wamego before her marriage to Ralph Newton Miller Dec. 24, 1934, in Wamego. He died Nov. 2, 1996. Irene and Ralph farmed in the Shawnee County area all their 62 years of married life. Mrs. Miller was a 4-H leader in the West Union 4-H Club, and a member of the West Union Extension Homemakers Unit from the 1950s until it dispersed in the late 1970s. She was a member of the Dover Grange, a member of the West Union Ladies Aid (later known as the Happy Hour Club), from the time of her marriage until 2000, and also served on the West Union School Board.

Surviving her are four sons, Quincy Miller, Osage City; Earl W. Miller, Perry; LeRoy Miller, rural Topeka, and Raymond Miller, Topeka; a sister, Marie Doll, Wamego, 13 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and several nieces and nephews.

Her service was at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Dover Federated Church in Dover. Burial was in the Dover Cemetery. Visitation was Friday evening at the Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dover Federated Church, or to Heart of America Hospice, and sent in care of the Davidson Funeral Home, 1035 North Kansas, Topeka, 66608.