Obituary of Joyce W. Miller

Joyce W. Miller November 16, 1925 – July 3, 2015 Bedford – Joyce W. Miller, 89, of Bedford, died at 11:25 am on Friday, July 03, 2015 at Garden Villa in Bedford. Born November 16, 1925, in Broken Bow, OK, she was the daughter of Albert Curtis Green and Opal Vivian Green Cody. She graduated from Morris High School, Morris, OK in 1943. She went right to work at Red River Ordnance, Texarkana, TX and worked a year, then entered the U.S. Army Air Corp. and took basic training in Ft. Oglethorpe, GA. After basic training, she was put on a troop train to California. It took almost a week to arrive in San Francisco, CA and she was then sent to Hammer Field, Fresno, California 4th Air Force. Joyce worked in the base signal center as a teletype operator. Joyce remembered hearing Tokyo Rose several times in the signal room. Upon discharge she went to Norman, OK to a naval air station that was being used as a separation center for the Navy. Joyce met Paul while she was with the Civil Service and they were married August 7, 1946 in the First Baptist Church in Norman. Upon discharge the Miller’s returned to Bedford, IN. Joyce was a member of First Christian Church since 1946. She served as a Deaconess and Deacon. She belonged to Epsilon Sigma Alpha and later Kappa Kappa Sigma. She loved being a mother, housewife, playing golf, working in her yard and playing bridge. She is survived by her husband, Paul F. Miller, Jr.; two sons, Paul Felix Miller, III, and his wife Sharon of Shelbyville, IN, Steve Miller and his wife Mona of Bedford; two sisters, Nancy K. Green Johnson, AZ; Nita J. Green Gilliatt, Washington; five grandchildren, David Michael Miller, Mark Stephen Miller, Brian Patrick Miller, Michael Stephen Miller and Audra Ann Miller Sater; ten great grandchildren, David’s children; Brody A. Miller, Ian Curtis Miller, Cameron Miller, Brian’s children; Blake Miller, Jacob Scott Miller, Olivia Nicole Miller, Michael’s children; Lilly Grace Miller, Ella Elizabeth Miller and Audra’s children; Coleman Sater and Winifred Sue Sater. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Debra Joy Miller; one sister, Betty Jo Green; four brothers, Curtis E. Green, Dr. L.D. Green, James T. Green, and Norman Green. Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, July 7th at the Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Pastor Alan Cloar officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm on Tuesday, July 7th at the Day & Carter Mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to the WIN Mammogram Fund through St. Vincent Dunn Hospital Foundation. Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.