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Grace Hattie Bunch Miller

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Birth	:	25 May 1908 Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	19 Dec 2005 Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, Hughes County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.3608017, -100.3071976
Plot	:	ANNEX FF 14 3
Description	:	rom the Pierre Capital Journal Thursday, December 22, 2005 Grace Miller, 97, died December 19, 2005 in the transitional care unit of St. Mary's Hospital, Pierre, SD. Services will be at the First Congregational (UCC) Church in Pierre, Thursday, December 22, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Roger Easland officiating. The family will receive friends at the church for an hour before the funeral. Grace Hattie Bunch was born in Peoria, Hughes County, South Dakota, on May 25, 1908, to Arthur and Mary Bunch, the fifth of seven siblings. She was raised on the family ranch near Peoria, attending the rural school there for... Read More	rom the Pierre Capital Journal Thursday, December 22, 2005 Grace Miller, 97, died December 19, 2005 in the transitional care unit of St. Mary's Hospital, Pierre, SD. Services will be at the First Congregational (UCC) Church in Pierre, Thursday, December 22, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Roger Easland officiating. The family will receive friends at the church for an hour before the funeral. Grace Hattie Bunch was born in Peoria, Hughes County, South Dakota, on May 25, 1908, to Arthur and Mary Bunch, the fifth of seven siblings. She was raised on the family ranch near Peoria, attending the rural school there for her elementary education. After her graduation from Pierre High School, she attended the University of South Dakota for one year before returning to teach at a rural school in northern Hughes County. While in high school and afterwards, Grace worked at Miller's Studio owned and operated by Richard C. Miller and she often babysat Mr. and Mrs. Miller's two children, Dixie and Marshall. She briefly lived in Minneapolis with her sisters, Clara and Edna, and continued her employment there as a photographer's assistant. Richard Miller had been a widower for two years when he proposed to Grace in Minneapolis, where they were married on July 21, 1930. They were the parents of three children, Marilyn, Richard and Sandra. One of the defining experiences of Grace's life came when a portrait taken by her husband of their infant daughter Marilyn won the Sears Roebuck "Most Beautiful Baby in America" contest in 1934. Not only did this award help the family financially; it also brought a great deal of publicity to the state of South Dakota and prestige to Mr. Miller as a photographer. During those years in business, Grace raised her five children and did beautiful oil coloring for her husband's and later son Marshall's portraits. She was indeed an artist and many of those who have portraits which she enhanced, still comment on her talent. As her children left home, Grace's interest in playing bridge grew and she became extremely proficient in a game that consumed a great deal of her time. In fact, she mentioned to a friend that bridge had become her life. She moved from friendly games among the ladies to playing duplicate bridge at which she often was top performer and trophy winner. Richard Miller died in 1978 but Grace continued to live in their lovely home on North Huron Avenue in Pierre until a few years ago when she moved to Kelly's One Retirement Home. She is survived by her sisters Edith Howard, Tucson, AZ and Clara Ward, San Diego, CA; her daughters Dixie (Sam) Cannon, Fort Dodge, IA, Marilyn (Ron) Hale, Omaha, NE and Sandra Miller, Rapid City; and sons Marshall (Merrie) Miller and Richard (Arlene) Miller of Pierre. Also surviving are grandchildren Steve Cannon, Marshall (Marc) Miller Jr., Patrick Miller, Merrilee Miller, Jeff Hale, Barry Miller, Suzanne Hale Josoff, Elizabeth Miller Washechek and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sisters, Edna Lantow and Mabel Timm, and her brothers, Ernest and David Bunch. Because the church is so beautifully decorated for Christmas, the family is requesting no additional flowers. Memorials may be sent to the First Congregational Church's music fund. Interment at Riverside Cemetery will follow the service with Feigum-VanLith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

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Grace Hattie Bunch Miller death on 19 Dec 2005 in Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.3608017
Longitude: -100.3071976

Family Members:

Parent

Arthur F Bunch

(1870 - 1946)

Mary Ulla Alleman Bunch

(1873 - 1925)

Spouse

Richard Clinton Miller

(1895 - 1978)

Siblings

Infant Bunch

(unknow - unknow)

David Fred Bunch

(1903 - 1985)

Children

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