Obituary: Jane Catherine Miller – Door County Pulse – Cyber Tech

Might 25, 1941 – Monday, March 18, 2024




Jane Catherine Miller, age 82 of Washington Island, handed away on Monday, March 18, 2024, at Aurora Bay Care in Inexperienced Bay.




She was born on Might 25, 1941, to the late Robert and Nina (Pitts) Cooper in Chicago. She is a 1951 graduate of Dundee Excessive College in Dundee, Illinois. After highschool, her mother and father despatched her to Stevens Ending College for Women in St. Louis, Missouri. Jane was briefly married and had a son named Jeffery. As a single mom, she labored as a floor hostess at Jap Airways till the airline strike. As a result of strike, she grew to become a secretary for a quick time and determined to return to highschool to additional her schooling. Jane attended and graduated from Northern Illinois College along with her bachelor’s in schooling and bodily schooling in 1969. Whereas in faculty, Jane met her future husband David by way of her neighbors and buddies. After a yr and a half of courting, Jane was united in marriage to David F. Miller on June 21, 1969, at Trinity Lutheran Church on Washington Island.




The couple and their son Jeffery moved to Washington D.C., the place she taught at two colleges in Alexandria, Virginia. They moved to Oklahoma, the place Jane and David welcomed their twins Melinda and Chris. Jane left the workforce to remain at house to take care of the kids whereas David was abroad with the United State Marine Corp. Despite the fact that she was a stay-at-home mother right now, she created a program for studying disabled kids and acquired a letter of lodging from the Commander at Ft. Sill. They moved to Virginia Seaside the place they lived for 8 years. Throughout this time, she managed a sports activities retailer. In 1974 the household moved to Dundee, Illinois, the place she labored in a flower retailer. She adored and beloved working on the flower store although she was combating breast most cancers. In 2001, they moved to Washington Island.




All through Jane’s life she loved staying lively. She was on the water ballet workforce for the Stevens Ending College for Women, she raised her kids, and labored. Later in life she taught water aerobics and painted. Presently considered one of her watercolor work hangs on the partitions of Nicolet Financial institution on the island. She was an avid reader and her favourite style to learn was homicide mysteries. When her mobility grew to become a problem, the library would convey her a guide for her to learn, which was tremendously appreciated. Jane additionally loved her flower gardens, and when it acquired tougher, she simply planted smaller pots on the deck for her and everybody else to take pleasure in. Most significantly, Jane adored her household, particularly her grandchildren; typically bragging about them and their accomplishments to anybody and everybody she would discuss to.




The Miller household want to thank Aurora BayCare ICU and the prolonged second flooring employees for his or her excellent care and concern for Jane and her household. They might additionally wish to thank the employees on the Washington Island Library for bringing her books to learn when her mobility declined.




Jane is survived by her husband of 53 years, David; kids, Melinda (Lance) Campbell and Chris (Karen Cranford) Miller; grandchildren, Quinn, Liam, Hayden, and Bryce Campbell; sister, Mary (Roger) Braasch; and nephews, Robert Cooper III and Chris Cooper. She is additional survived by different kinfolk and buddies.




She was preceded in loss of life by her son, Jeffery Miller, her mother and father, and brother, Robert (Jill) Cooper.




Companies are being deliberate for Jane in the summertime on Washington Island.




Expressions of sympathy and reminiscences of Jane could also be shared along with her household by way of her tribute web page at caspersonfuneralhome.com.

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