Mary Catherine Miller

MARY MILLER MUSCATINE, Iowa - Mary Catherine Miller, 75, of 822 Fuller Street, died Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at Unity Hospital. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the St. Mathias Church, 215 W Eighth St. Celebrants will be The Reverends John P. Gallagher, Bernard Weir, Scott LeMaster, Mark Spring and Rob Lathrop. Pallbearers will be Scott Miller, Jason Miller, Michael Clyde, Luke Gentzler, Benjamin Nietzel, and Michael Miller. Honorary Bearers will be Matthew Miller, Samuel Miller, Shane Miller, Joshua Miller, Seth Miller, Daniel Nietzel, Joseph Nietzel, Marcus Gentzler, and Christopher Howell. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. A funeral luncheon will be held at Gannon Hall following the committal service. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home with a Rosary Prayer service at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Bishop Hayes Catholic School or the Community of Family of Mary Co-Redemptrix. Mrs. Miller was born on April 26, 1927, in Muscatine, the daughter of George and Genevieve Henle Koenigsaecker. She married Henry Harold Miller Sr. on Sept. 5, 1946, in Muscati...[more]

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She was a member of the St. Mathias Church. She was CEO of the Credit Bureau of Muscatine, Inc. and the Muscatine Adjustment Bureau. Mom Miller was truly a mother to all who walked through her door. She will always be remembered for her strong faith, patient love for her children, her piano playing, great popcorn and her love for the Christmas Season. She will be greatly missed. Survivors include seven sons, Henry H. Miller Jr. and his wife, Francy, Denis J. Miller and his wife, Diane, Michael J. Miller and his wife, Susan, all of Muscatine, Jeffrey A. Miller and his wife, Michelle, of Davenport, Joseph A. Miller and his wife, Mindy, James A. Miller, and John A. Miller and his wife, Julie, all of Muscatine; six daughters, Deborah A. Hills of Columbus Junction, Rosalie M. Miller, Mary M. "Shellie" Clyde, Lori L. Nietzel and her husband, Nick, all of Muscatine, Lea R. Gentzler and her husband, Scott, of Cedar Rapids and Sharon A. Rauenbuehler and her husband, Mark, of Muscatine; 45 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Patricia Grosjean. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1976, three brothers, George Koenigsaecker II, Robert Koenigsaecker, and Charles Koenigsaecker, one sister, Dorothy Minder, and one son-in-law, William "Tim" Hills on Feb. 27, 2003.