Obituary : Mabel Alma Miller
Mabel Alma Miller, 84, retired public school teacher died October 20th at
the Willows Health Center, Rockford, IL. Born March 14, 1903 to the
late Otto and Dorothea (Hein) Miller in Elmore, Minnesota, Miss Miller
began a life-long career of education. After graduation from the Elmore
High School and a "Normal School" she taught in elementary country
schools in Minnesota and South Dakota in the mid and late twenties. Miss
Miller joined the Illinois State educational system when she accepted an
assignment in 1930 in Wood River, Illinois. At that time she began to work
for her bachelor's degree by devoting each summer's vacation to study at
the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, which granted her the degree in
1939. She immediately undertook graduate study on a summers only basis,
and in 1951 received a Master of Arts degree from the University of
Minnesota. Her thesis was concerned with remedial reading. Miss Miller
retured from the public school system in 1968, and for the next several
years, taught remedial reading in parochial schools in Rockford. Miss
Miller has been a resident of the Willows Retirement Home in Rockford
since 1977. In addition to her parents, Miss Miller was pre-deceased by
two sisters and a brother: Anna Farrow of Hartland, Minnesota; Lavilla
Jones of Houston, Texas, and Arthur Miller of Elmore, Minnesota. Survivors
include (Private),
(Private), sister-in-law Gertrude T. Miller
of Elmore, Minnesota and many nieces and nephews. Miss Miller requested
that no funeral service be held. Private services will be held later in
Elmore, Minnesota.
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