Shirley Mae Miller
Shirley Mae Miller age 89 of Menomonie, passed away on Tuesday November 10, 2015 at her home in Menomonie.
Shirley was born October 30, 1926 in Boyceville on the home farm. She was the daughter of Edwin and Dorothy (Ward) Hedlund and grew up in Boyceville, graduating from Downing High School. Shirley worked at Thorp Finance in Menomonie and met Ronald G. Miller at the 4th of July Parade. They were married November 30, 1946 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Menomonie. After marriage they made their home in Menomonie and raised their family. Besides raising her family, Shirley also sold Tupperware and Shaklee Products out of her home for many years, and had just recently placed a Shaklee order.
Shirley loved playing cards, and the machines and was quite successful! Mostly she enjoyed spending time with her family, grandchildren, and friends.
She is survived by five children, three daughters, Lonna (Mervyn) Doane and Rhonda (Terry) Kuester and Roxanne (Wojtek) Kulacz all of Menomonie; two sons, Richard of Stillwater, MN, and Randy (Sharon Register) of Menomonie; nine grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren; two brothers, Dewayne (Helen) Hedlund of Boyceville, Jerome (Judy) Hedlund of the Twin Cities, three sisters, Sherry Bay of the Twin Cities, Sandy Rooney of the Twin Cities, Shelia (Paul) Webber of Burlington, several nieces, nephews other relatives and friends and she will be sadly missed.
Shirley is preceded in death by her parents, husband Ron in 2005, two brothers-in-law, Ken Bay and Tom Rooney.
Memorial services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday November 17, 2015 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Menomonie with Rev. James Kurzynski. Burial will be in the church cemetery at a later date.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials in memory of Shirley to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church or School.