Submitted by: Dan Rich

Helen Miller

Aug. 14, 1912 - May 27, 2001

South Bend Tribune 5/31/2001

Helen Miller, 88, of Houston, Texas, formerly of South Bend, died Sunday May 27, 2001, in the Garden Terrace Nursing Home, Houston, Texas. Helen was born in South Bend on August 14, 1912, to Cecil E. and Verna (Hay) Bennett.

On February 14, 1942, in South Bend as Helen Bennett she married Leonard W. Miller who died March 30, 1977. Surviving is her son, Richard Alan Miller of Houston, Texas; her sister, Mary Bennett of South Bend; a sister-in-law, Eleanor Halter of South Bend; and her cousins David and Carolyn Hay of Granger, Indiana, and Priscilla Hay of South Bend.

For most of her life Helen resided in South Bend, then after the death of her husband moved to Clearwater, Florida and in 1991 moved to The Woodlands, Texas. Helen was a 1930 graduate of Central High School, attended University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, and received her BA degree from Lincoln memorial University, Cumberland Gap, Kentucky. For many years, Helen was a chemist for the Furnas Ice Cream Company, and Midwest Producers Creamery in South Bend. Helen was a lifelong choir member and avid golfer, a former member of Grace United Methodist Church, Morris Park Country Club and Countryside Country Club, Clearwater, Florida.

Friends may visit with her family Friday June 1, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, located at Jefferson and Ironwood. Funeral services will be Friday at 4 p.m. in the funeral home, burial will follow in Southlawn Cemetery. Rev. Amy Covington of Grace United Methodist Church is officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be given to the Alzheimer's Association. Northern Indiana Chapter, 425 N. Michigan Street, Suite 308, South Bend, IN 46601-1236.