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Author: KarinKing45
Surnames: Miller, Coffee, Colchin, Ordway, Sharp, Kitson
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Decatur Daily Democrat
Adams County, Indiana
Monday, Oct. 27, 1997
JOAN J. MILLER
Joan J. Miller, 76, Butler, died at 2 p.m. Saturday in Laurels of DeKalb, Butler, after
a long illness.
She was born on March 20, 1921 in Decatur to Frederick I. and Frances B. Coffee Colchin
and married Francis W. Miller on January 17, 1948; he died on December 15, 1972.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and its Rosary
Society.
Surviving are three sons: Dennis Miller, Butler; Christopher J. Miller, Hamilton and
Kevin G. Miller, Escondido, California; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Monica R.) Ordway,
Butler; two brothers, Maurice "Gabby" Colchin, Decatur and Max Colchin, Fort
Wayne; two sisters, Mary J. Miller, Decatur and Mrs. Claude (Lois) Sharp, Baldwin,
Indiana; 10 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
A brother, Mark Colchin and two sisters, Monica Colchin and Martha Kitson, are
deceased.
A prayer service will be held at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday in Zwick-Sefton and Jahn Funeral
Home, Decatur, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary of the
Assumption Catholic Church, Decatur. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery,
Decatur.
Visiting hours and 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday with a rosary service at 4:30 p.m.
Preferred memorials are to St. Mary's Parish Improvement Fund of St. Jude's
Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
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