Verlyn Miller

Verlyn G. Miller, 93, of Miller, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Miller Good Samaritan Center.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 12, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Miller with Rev. Bob Ohnstad officiating. Burial followed at the St. Lawrence Cemetery.  Visitation was held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 11, 2011 with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service at Reck Funeral Home in Miller.

Verlyn G. Evans was born June 2, 1917 in Pearl Township to Art and Fairy (Almond) Evans.  She attended grade school at the Choate School, Hulbert Township School and the Kanaly School.  After graduating from grade school she remained at home and helped her dad with the farm work.

She married Sam Miller, Jr. on January 2, 1935 in Miller, SD.  They lived in various locations in Hand County over the years.  In 1962 they moved to Huron, SD where she worked as a maid at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel until 1979.  After she was done working there she then moved to the Plaza Apartments in Miller, SD where she resided until February 2009 when she moved to Prairie Good Samaritan Society.

Verlyn’s favorite pastime was working crossword puzzles and going for walks until her health failed and she was no longer able to do so.  She loved all of her grandchildren very much and enjoyed having them come to visit her.

Verlyn will be remembered by a son, Kenneth (Martha) Miller of Olathe, KS; a daughter, Marilyn (Gordon) Pollock of Miller, SD; five grandchildren: Rick (Jennifer) Miller, Stephen (Kendra) Miller, Doug Pollock, Patty Rogers, and Paula (Joe) Fetsko; seven great grandchildren: Matthew (Nikki) Rogers, Heather (Matt) Poindexter, Dylan Rogers, Cody Miller, Rikki Miller, Spence Pollock, and Zachery Pollock; one great-great granddaughter, Madelynn Rogers; brother, Howard (Yvonne) Evans of Miller, SD; sister, Beryl Baysinger of Huron, SD; sister-in-law, Belva Evans of Miller, SD and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters: Doris (in infancy), Helen Younkin and Connie Edelman; and two brothers, Maurice and Richard (Ole).

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to the St. Lawrence Cemetery Association or Shriners Hospital for Children in Minneapolis, MN.

Reck Funeral Home of Miller has been entrusted with Verlyn's arrangements.