Submitted by: Dan Rich
Ruth Phyllis Miller
South Bend Tribune 11/14/2007
SOUTH BEND - Ruth Phyllis Miller, 84, of South Bend, died
following an illness at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, in St.
Paul's Retirement Community. Mrs. Miller was born October 15,
1923, in South Bend, to the late William E. and Rena Belle (Grove)
Borough, and was a lifetime area resident.
On July 22, 1945, in South Bend, as Ruth P.
Borough, she married Warren B. Miller, who survives and would
have celebrated their 62nd anniversary next July. They met at the
Methodist Youth Fellowship Church Camp in Battle Ground, IN. Also
surviving are two sons, David (Nancy Mayo-Miller) Miller of
Kirkland, IN, and Don (Melody) Miller of South Bend; five
grandchildren, Kimberly Gish, Adam and Lani Miller, Karin
Ciesiolka and Kelly Atkinson; two great-grandchildren,
Shyanne and Sierra Ciesiolka; a son-in-law, Thomas
(Brenda) Edwards of Pine Bluff, AR; and a daughter-in-law,
Anne (Ric) Watson of Mishawaka. Besides her parents, she
was preceded in death by a daughter, Beth Ann Edwards; a son,
Alan D. Miller; a sister, Jeannette Gindelberger; and two
brothers, Robert and Kenneth Borough.
She was a nurse in the early years of the
South Bend Clinic. She was a very active member of Evangel
Heights United Methodist Church where she was a member of the
Chancel Choir, WSCS where she was president several times, played
piano and organ and many times would accompany the choirs, and
was very involved in many aspects of the life of the church. She
also played the bass violin. She was a volunteer for Meals on
Wheels and the Leighton Center SAGE group. She loved to quilt and
made quilts for the American Cancer Society. The family would
like to thank the nurses, assistants and the many residents of
St. Paul's Retirement Community and Health Care Center for their
care and concern through Ruth's illness. She was a wonderful
wife, mother and grandmother who dearly loved her family and will
be greatly missed by all.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 15th, in Evangel Heights United Methodist Church,
with Rev. Patrick Somers officiating. Burial will follow at
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 4 to
7 p.m. today, Nov. 14th, in the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home
North, 17033 Cleveland Road. Memorial contributions may be made
to the Evangel Heights United Methodist Church, 114 N. Ironwood
Drive, South Bend, IN 46615; to the Center for Hospice and
Palliative Care, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637; or
to St. Paul's Retirement Community, 3602 S. Ironwood Drive, South
Bend, IN 46614.