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Sharon “Shari” L. Miller, 66, of Brussels, was taken home to heaven by her loving Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 at Park View Manor in Green Bay. She was born on April 28, 1943 in Algoma to Frederick and Muriel (Maedke) Walther. She married Roger L. Miller in Kolberg on August 20, 1983. Shari belonged to the Maplewood Girls Club and the Ladies Aid of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kolberg. She was a caregiver to many relatives and friends that needed help. Shari loved plants and animals and took pleasure in caring for both. She also loved playing the guitar and singing country music. Shari loved her family dearly and treated each and everyone of them as her own.
Survivors include her husband of 26 years, Roger; her mother, Muriel Walther, Sturgeon Bay; two children and ten step-children: Licia Hintz, Little Suamico; Michael (Sue) Hillmer, Pahrump, NV; Maureen (Lyle) DeBroux, Roger V. (Karen) Miller, of Brussels; Pam (Peter) Birmingham, Jeffrey (Mary Ann) Miller, Kim (Randy) Rubens and Jill Olson, all of Sturgeon Bay; Marcia (Ray) Greene, New Berlin; Rachel (Jay) Weckler, Gillett; Joy Nelson(special friend, Larry) Green Bay; Todd (Bonnie) Miller, Forestville; 4 grandchildren, 32 step- grandchildren, 33 great-step-grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law, Corynn and Jerry Van Zeeland; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Jeanette Hoppe, Isabelle Ullman, Karen (Marvin) DeGrave, Mae Lee (Allen) LeGreve; and a very special friend, Judy Ullman; Aunt and Uncle, Lila and Robert Olson.
She was preceded in death by her father, Frederick; an infant son, Kim Hillmer; a step-daughter, Monica Miller; father and mother-in-law, Walter and Bertha Miller; sister- in-law and brothers-in-law, Lloyd Hoppe, Raynold Ullman, Margie and Lloyd Karnitz.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Kolberg with the Rev. John Seelman officiating. Entombment will be in the Shrine of the Good Shepherd Mausoleum. Friends may call on Saturday at the church from 9:00 AM until the time of services. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Door CANcer Inc. (www.doorcancer.com) PO Box 423, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235.
The family would like to thank all the staff at the Park View Manor in Green Bay who took such good care of Shari the last weeks and to Jenny Vanrens, her roommate, who watched over Shari when family couldn’t be there and read to her when she couldn’t sleep at night. Thanks also to Pastor John Seelman for the kind and comforting words to Shari and her family. A big thank you to Penny Price, who has not only been a caregiver to Shari, but a good friend. |
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