Margie M. Miller

October 27, 1938 - May 14, 2019

Margie M. Miller, 80 Kearney Resident Margie M. Miller, 80, of Kearney passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Mt. Carmel Home in Kearney. Please join her family for an informal, outdoor, Celebration of Margie’s Life Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Family of Christ Church at 1319 5th Avenue in Kearney. Lunch will start at 12:00 p.m. with a remembrance beginning at 1:00 p.m. and celebration to follow until 4:00 p.m. In lieu of memorials, the family requests that you donate to your favorite charity. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services. Margie Mae Miller was born October 27, 1938 in Curtis, Nebraska to John and Viola (Nelsen) Jensen. She grew up on a farm in Cottonwood Canyon, south of Maxwell. Margie graduated from Brady High School with the class of 1956. Shortly after graduation, she attended Kearney State College and received a rural teaching certificate. On May 29, 1958, Margie was united in marriage to Gayle Lavern Miller. The couple lived on Redfern table north of Cozad. To this union two children were born in Callaway: Annette Sue and Douglas Lavern. The couple made their home in Grand Island to raise their children. Margie and Gayle then moved to Lincoln where Margie worked at UNL in Student Loans, a job she truly loved. The couple later moved to Valentine and finally Kearney. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Gayle Miller of Kearney; daughter, Annette Miller and her husband, Michael Wescott of Kearney; son, Doug Miller and his wife, Rachael of Tucson, Arizona; three grandchildren: Lexi Wescott, Ila Miller and Luca Miller; sister, Ila Dailey and her husband, Earl; along with other relatives and many friends. Margie Mae was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Ruby Sailor and her husband, Bob; and brother, Harold Jensen.