July 23, 2007

Elner Miller

Elner Irene Miller, 96, of Cape Girardeau, died July 20, 2007, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 14, 1911, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Phillip and Ethel McGee Miller. She was a graduate of John S. Cobb School in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Second Missouri Baptist Church, where she served as a member of the gospel choir, Willing Workers Club and secretary of the Sunday school...

Elner Irene Miller, 96, of Cape Girardeau, died July 20, 2007, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Jan. 14, 1911, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Phillip and Ethel McGee Miller.

She was a graduate of John S. Cobb School in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Second Missouri Baptist Church, where she served as a member of the gospel choir, Willing Workers Club and secretary of the Sunday school.

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She is survived by a son, Louis Nelson, and a daughter, Helen Sterling, both of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Maxine Martin of St. Louis; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 11 a.m. until the funeral at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Second Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Cecil Thomas officiating. Burial will be in New Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

Williams Funeral Home of Charleston, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.

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