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Ida Kathryn (Spurgeon) Miller, 88, went to be with her God and her beloved husband Walter on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015.
Funeral Mass will be at 12 noon on Wednesday, Feb. 25th at Holy Angels Catholic Church with Fr. Charles Greenwell officiating. Additional services and burial will be in Dayton, Ohio. Arrangements here in Texas are by Johnson's Funeral Home.
Kathryn was born February 27, 1926 to Noah Wilson Spurgeon and Rosa Kathryn Scott in West Union, Ohio. She attended Port William School from 1st to 12th grades, graduating in 1944. She then attended Springfield Hospital School of Nursing, simultaneously attending Cadet Nurse Corps training, graduating in September of 1947. She was a licensed Registered Nurse for 52 years providing patient care to hundreds of veterans, adult patients, and special care infants until 2000, when she retired. Mrs. Miller, as she was known to all at 'her hospital', Good Samaritan, in Dayton, Ohio, continued to volunteer amassing over 15,000 hours and receiving the "Spirit of Volunteerism" award in 2010.
She was preceded in death by her parents, all her brothers and sisters, and the love of her life, her husband, Walter Guy Miller, Jr.
Kathryn is survived by her son, John Joachim Miller and Linda Jessie; his daughters, Julie Marie Miller and Autumn Dae Miller, and her daughters, Freda Binder, Amanda Hyatt, and Kayla Fryer. Kathryn is survived by her daughter, Anne Alexis (Miller) Reeb and her sons William Guy Reeb, with his wife Jennifer, son Walter and daughter Juliet; and Alex Michael Reeb with his wife Meredith, and sons Jeremiah and Elijah. Aunt Katie is also survived by several nieces and nephews, and their children and grandchildren.
She was loved by all who knew her: she was indeed a pearl of great price.
Memorial donations may be made to the Samaritan Foundation of Dayton.