Doris Jean Miller

Jean Miller ALEDO, Illinois -- Doris Jean Miller, 86, of Joy, Illinois, died on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Genesis Senior Living, Aledo. Funeral Service will be held 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Dennison Funeral Home, Aledo. Private family burial will be held at Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery later in the day. Following the service, please join the family at Joy United Methodist Church for a luncheon. Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the funeral home. Memorials may be left for the Joy Fire Department. Jean was born on December 2, 1926, in Hamlet, Illinois, the daughter of Lee and Anna Blanche Hayes Baker. She is the last of 11 Baker children. She graduated from Reynolds High School then later went to LaJames Beauty School. On October 14, 1945, she married Wilbur Lloyd Miller on the Boultinghouse Farm in rural Reynolds. He preceded her in death on October 10, 1982. All of her married life she was a farm wife. For many years, she owned and operated Jeans Beauty Shop in New Boston. She also worked for Millard's, cleaning at the John Deere Administrative Building. She was a member of New Boston United Methodist...[more]

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urch. Jean was very active and enjoyed card club, square dancing, crocheting, golfing and bowling. They enjoyed vacationing and fishing in Minnesota. Most of all, she loved spending time with her family and gathering for family dinners. Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Mick and Janice Miller of Illinois City, Illinois, Joe and Cathy Miller of Joy, Illinois; and Kim (Tom Vruble) Frieden of Joy, Illinois; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a grandson, David Miller; and ten brothers and sisters.