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Elvira Anna Finken Miller

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Birth	:	8 Mar 1921
Death	:	1 Mar 2015
Burial	:	Saint Joseph Cemetery, Earling, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.7797012, -95.4207993
Description	:	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pauley Jones Funeral Homes, Harlan, Iowa In Memoriam of Elvira Anna Finken Miller Born: March 8, 1921 Death: March 1, 2015 Place of Death: Earling, Iowa Survived By daughters: Joanne Grady of Harlan, IA, Karen Hutchison of Highlands Ranch, CO, Connie (Don) Reischl of Gretna, NE, Charlotte (Ron) Willenborg of Manning, IA, Mary (Bob) Bissen of Earling, IA, and Julie (Pat) Rogers of Omaha, NE; 23 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and sister Mildred Retz of Hesperia, CA Preceded in Death By mother Anna (Bieker) Finken; father Nicholas Finken; husband Sylvin Miller; daughter Linda Schiltz; brothers: Walter, Larry, Mac, Rusty, Ray, Vic, and Frank Finken; sister Elsie... Read More	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pauley Jones Funeral Homes, Harlan, Iowa In Memoriam of Elvira Anna Finken Miller Born: March 8, 1921 Death: March 1, 2015 Place of Death: Earling, Iowa Survived By daughters: Joanne Grady of Harlan, IA, Karen Hutchison of Highlands Ranch, CO, Connie (Don) Reischl of Gretna, NE, Charlotte (Ron) Willenborg of Manning, IA, Mary (Bob) Bissen of Earling, IA, and Julie (Pat) Rogers of Omaha, NE; 23 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and sister Mildred Retz of Hesperia, CA Preceded in Death By mother Anna (Bieker) Finken; father Nicholas Finken; husband Sylvin Miller; daughter Linda Schiltz; brothers: Walter, Larry, Mac, Rusty, Ray, Vic, and Frank Finken; sister Elsie Assman; and sons-in-law John Grady, Ron Hutchison, and Bob Schiltz Visitation Wednesday March 4, 2015, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM St. Joseph's Catholic Church Rosary Wednesday March 4, 2015, 7:00 PM St. Josephs' Catholic Church Mass of Christian Burial Thursday March 5, 2015, 11:00 AM St. Joseph's Catholic Church Burial Thursday March 5, 2015 St. Joseph's Cemetery March 8, 1921 - March 1, 2015 Elvira Anna Miller was born on March 8, 1921 to Nicholas and Anna (Bieker) Finken in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and also attended school at St. Joseph’s Catholic School. On October 6, 1942, she was united in marriage to Sylvin Miller at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. They became parents to seven daughters: Joanne, Karen, Linda, Connie, Charlotte, Mary, and Julie. She loved being a homemaker and a mother and volunteered as a 4-H leader when her daughters were young. For many years she worked as a nurses aide at the Little Flower Haven nursing home in Earling. She enjoyed quilting and sewing, playing bingo at the church on Wednesday nights, and doing a little gambling now and then. Mostly, she loved visiting with her family and friends and being able to spend time with her many grandkids. Elvira was a lifelong member of St. Joseph’s Church and a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Katherine, #266 of Earling. She became a resident in 2010 at the Little Flower Haven nursing home in Earling, where she died on Sunday, March 1, 2015, having attained the age of ninety-three years, eleven months, and twenty-one days. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nicholas and Anna; husband Sylvin; daughter Linda Schiltz; brothers: Walter, Larry, Mac, Rusty, Ray, Vic, and Frank Finken; sister Elsie Assman; and sons-in-law John Grady, Ron Hutchison, and Bob Schiltz. She is survived by her children: Joanne Grady of Harlan, Iowa, Karen Hutchison of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Connie and her husband Don Reischl of Gretna, Nebraska, Charlotte and her husband Ron Willenborg of Manning, Iowa, Mary and her husband Bob Bissen of Earling, Iowa, and Julie and her husband Pat Rogers of Omaha, Nebraska; twenty-three grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; sister Mildred Retz of Hesperia, California; brother-in-law Francis Miller of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; other family members and friends. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Elvira Anna Finken Miller's memorial is located at: Saint Joseph Cemetery, Earling, Shelby County, USA.
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Latitude: 41.7797012
Longitude: -95.4207993

Family Members:

Parent

Nicholas Albert Finken

(1885 - 1969)

Anna Bieker Finken

(1886 - 1971)

Spouse

Sylvin C. Miller

(1917 - 1990)

Siblings

Walter August Finken

(1911 - 1991)

Elsie Marie Finken Assman

(1914 - 1957)

Albert Nicholas “Rusty” Finken

(1917 - 1990)

Raymond Joseph Finken

(1919 - 1996)

Victor Joseph “Vic” Finken

(1925 - 2014)

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