Obituary for Madeline Miller

Ponca City Now - September 9, 2019 6:06 pm

Madeline Miller

July 12, 1930 – September 8, 2019

Madeline Miller of Blackwell, Oklahoma, succumbed to complications from a fall and passed away September 8, 2019, in Enid at the age of 89 years.

Olga “Madeline” Miller was born on July 12, 1930, in Blackwell to Everett and Minnie Mae (Davis) Miller. She lived in Nardin and attended the Nardin public school. Her family moved to Blackwell where she finished her education in the Blackwell Public Schools. She married Marvin Lee Miller on May 17, 1948, in Winfield, Kansas. They resided in Tonkawa before moving to Blackwell in 1955. Madeline was a homemaker and assisted with the family farming operation near Lamont. She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church and the Blackwell Golden Girls. She enjoyed sewing, crafts, cooking, fishing, and traveling.

She is survived by two daughters, Linda Dow and Marva (Sam) Hamlin, of Enid; one granddaughter, five great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, and extended family.

She was preceded in death by her mother and stepfather, Minnie Mae and William Nelson, her father, her husband, Marvin Miller, four sisters, Elsie Miller, Harriet Crocker, Mattie Peters, and Jessie Peters, three brothers, Ray, Everett “Pete,” and William Miller; and a great-grandson.

Services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 14th in the Immanuel Baptist Church in Blackwell with Rev. Matt Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Lamont Cemetery.

Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund or the Blackwell Animal Shelter in c/o Roberts and Son Funeral Home, 120 W. Padon, Blackwell, Oklahoma 74631.