Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Dorothy C. Miller

Oct. 28, 1904 - Jan. 12, 1999

 

South Bend Tribune 1/14/1999

Dorothy C. Miller, 94, of 1705 Madison Street, Rochester, Ind., and a former longtime resident of Mishawaka, Ind., died at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the Extendacare Center in Rochester. Mrs. Miller was born on Oct. 28, 1904, in Spiceland, Ind., to Etta (Mendenhall) and Richard Wilson, and was the last of ten children.

 

She was married in Mishawaka on Oct. 4, 1935 to Harry B. Miller, who preceded her in death in 1949. Mrs. Miller was a retired accounts receivable clerk at the former U. S. Rubber Company in Mishawaka. She was a former member of the First United Methodist Church in Mishawaka, and active in the choir for sixty-five years. A current member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Rochester, and Morning Glory Circle, Mrs. Wilson had also been active with the South Bend-Mishawaka Meals-on- Wheels Program and the Bashor Home Auxiliary. She is survived by on daughter, Mrs. Dick (Marjorie) Bounsall of Rochester; two grandsons, Phillip A. Bounsall and wife, Judi, of Carmel, Ind., and Jeffrey D. Bounsall of Terre Haute, Ind.; and by one great-granddaughter, Lauren E. Bounsall. She was preceded in death by five sisters and four brothers.

 

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday in the Zimmerman Family Funeral Home in Rochester, with visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. today. The Rev. Don Brenneman will officiate. Committal services will be at 2 p.m. on Friday in the St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, Granger, Ind. Memorial donations may be made to the Trinity United Methodist Church, Rochester.