Mary Frances Miller

Mary F. Miller, 71 of Sioux City, went to her eternal home to spend her life with her Saviour on Monday, April 22, 2019 from Mercy One Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.  A Celebration of Life Service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2019 at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Reverend David Halaas officiating.  Visitation, with family present, will be on Thursday, April 25^th from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel with a Prayer Service beginning at 7:00 p.m.  Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.meyerbroschapels.com  Mary has chosen to be cremated.

Mary was born on June 2, 1947 at the Lutheran Hospital in Fort Dodge, Iowa.  She grew up on a 440 acre farm at Rolfe, Iowa.  Mary attended school at West Bend, where she sang, played the tuba, enjoyed drama and writing.  She attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Rolfe, Iowa. 

Mary attended nurses training at St. Joseph Mercy School of Nursing in Sioux City, Iowa.  She began working in orthopedics immediately after graduation for 15 years.  Later, she worked in neuro for 10 years, and finally completed her 34 years of service in admissions and central registration at Mercy Medical Center.  Mary loved music, writing, and baking.  During her years at Mercy, she wrote a patient education test manual and a family cook book.  Mary retired on January 3, 2003.

Mary married Charles Henry Miller on July 2, 1982.  Faith and family were of utmost importance to both of them.  Charles and Mary were blessed with two daughters, Molly Ann and Elizabeth Isabell, along with children from previous relationships, Jane, Chad, Shane, Tony, and Bobby.

Mary is survived by her husband Charles “Buck”; three daughters, Jane (Algie Ford), Molly, and Elizabeth (Antonio Booker); four sons, Chad and Shane Ehlers, Tony (Michelle) and Bobby (Amanda) Worden; two sisters, Becky (Roger Arnburg), and Patricia (William Alexander); three brothers, John (Nancy), Dan (Karen), and Tim (Alan Hesse); brother-in-law Don Miller; nine grandchildren, Collin and Noah Blind, Colton (Allison), Caitlin and Carter Worden, Aubree and Braylon Worden, Romello Miller, and Iyanla Reynolds; two step-sisters Pam (Doug) Evans, and Diane Bauerly; four step-brothers Jim, Bill, Larry (Lisa), and Dennis Franco; and countless nieces and nephews, that she cherished watching grow into amazing young women and men in Christ.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, Barney and Isabell Orwig, two brothers-in-law Kenneth and Roger Miller, and a sister-in-law Leslie Franco.