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- Mrs. Gertrude F. Miller, 89, DeWitt, Iowa, died Sunday afternoon, March 2, 2003 at Genesis Medical Center-East Campus, Davenport, Iowa.
Gertrude Miller, the former Gertrude Green, was born January 11, 1914 in Grand Mound, Iowa, to Anton and Pearl (Bousselot) Green. Early in her life, she taught school in the country schools.
Gertrude married Russell J. Miller June 8, 1935 and the couple farmed South of DeWitt. Her husband preceded her in death on March 3, 1968. She moved to DeWitt in 1973 and provided child care and house cleaning services for numerous families.
She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, DeWitt, and its Altar and Rosary Society, the Grand Mound Study Club, and the Women of the Moose.
She will be lovingly remembered by three daughters and their spouses, Doris and Dana Englin, Batavia, Illinois; Yvonne and Jim Barrett, Ankeny, Iowa; Madonna and Terry Frisch, Johnston, Iowa; a son, Richard Miller and his wife, Cassandra, DeWitt; 14 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Alice and Charles Lasack, Lost Nation, Iowa; Lucille and Alan Pickarts, Colorado Springs, Colorado; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Raymond Green and Hubert and Yvonne Green, Grand Mound, Iowa; Vincent and Debbie Green, Morton, Illinois.
Gertrude was further preceded in death by her parents, and by three brothers, Robert, Art, and Paul Green.
The family will greet relatives and friends at Schultz Funeral Home, 722 8th Street, DeWitt from 2 until 7 PM Thursday, March 6, 2003. A rosary will be offered by the Altar and Rosary Society at 4 PM and a Parish Vigil Service will be held at 7 PM Liturgy of Christian Burial 11 AM Thursday, March 6, 2003 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, DeWitt. The Rev. Fr. H. Robert Harness, Celebrant. Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, DeWitt.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Greg Englin, Doug Englin, Jim Barrett, Bill Barrett, David Carber,Chris Carber and Russell Miller.
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