June Miller

June Ilene Miller, one of four children of Niels Peter Larsen and Mias Mary (Carlsen) Larsen, was born June 5, 1921 near Herman, Nebraska. June was baptized at the Hill Creek Lutheran Church in Herman and was confirmed on June 28, 1936. She graduated from the Herman High School in 1939.
June and Glenn William Miller were married in Glenwood, Iowa on September 5, 1940 and made their first home on a farm near Herman. June enjoyed her membership in the Echo Extension Club while in Herman. In 1949, June and Glenn moved to a farm west of Macedonia, Iowa for a year. They returned to Herman for one more year before settling near Macedonia. In 1966, they purchased a farm on the east edge of Macedonia where they continued to live and farm for the next 22 years. Their marriage was blessed with two children, Rodney and Glenda. June enjoyed her role as farm wife and mother. The family belonged to the Macedonia Methodist Church where June was a member of the United Methodist Women. Glenn volunteered on the Macedonia Fire Department and June was a member of the Fire Belles Auxiliary. Both enjoyed being 4-H leaders and later members of the Grist Mill Fine Arts Council. They enjoyed dancing, playing cards, and traveling. June was a great cook, loved to entertain, and enjoyed making birthday cakes for her grandchildren. In the 1970's, she worked as a secretary at Hummel Insurance Agency in Macedonia and also for the Area 13 Education Agency. June and Glenn had been married 48 years when Glenn died of a sudden heart attack on October 6, 1988.
Following Glenn's death, June moved to an apartment in Macedonia and later to Carson, Iowa. She enjoyed being with her friends, the Sigma Gamma Club, and volunteering at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital where she was a member of the Auxiliary. She spent much time with her special friend and companion Glen Roberson. Failing health caused her to move to the Oakland Manor in Oakland, Iowa on February 5, 2002. She died at the Manor on April 10, 2006 at the age of 84 years, 10 months, and 5 days.
June was preceded in death by her parents, husband Glenn Miller, sister Vivian Fitch and husband Clyde; and brother-in-law Don Sorensen. She is survived by her son Rod Miller and his wife Carol of Council Bluffs, IA; daughter Glenda Goos and her husband Warren of Carson; sister Jean Sorensen of Crete, NE; brother Clifford Larsen and wife Carmen of Blair, NE; 5 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; 3 step grandsons; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.