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Martha Ted Bagby Miller
Posted 4/2/07
Martha Ted Bagby Miller, 82 DOVER - Martha Ted Bagby Miller of Dover died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz., doing what she enjoyed most - traveling. She was 82. She …
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Martha Ted Bagby Miller
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Martha Ted Bagby Miller, 82
DOVER - Martha Ted Bagby Miller of Dover died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz., doing what she enjoyed most - traveling. She was 82.
She was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Hugo, Okla. to the late William Edward and Mary Emelyn Bagby.
She married Charles Hardie Miller on Nov. 29, 1946, in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
He died Dec. 15, 1971.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Dover.
She was a member of the Col. Haslet Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Dover and a DAR member for more than 60 years.
She was a member of the Victory Chapter 15, Order of the Eastern Star in Dover and an Eastern Star member for more than 25 years.
She volunteered at the Bayhealth Hospital Human Resources Center and was a regular blood donor through the American Red Cross and Delaware Blood Bank.
She received a bachelor"s degree in Spanish from Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas, in 1944. She earned her master"s degree in English literature at Illinois State University in 1979.
Mrs. Miller taught school in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and LaSalle, Ill. Later she was secretary in the special education department at Illinois State University from 1973 until she retired in 1988.
She was an avid traveler, having been to all 50 states, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, Russia and Australia.
She was a wonderful guest, a loving mother, a good card player and a great caring friend.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister.
She is survived by five children, Robert Charles and his wife, Purita Miller of Bremerton, Wash., William Raymond and his wife, Marilyn Miller of Streator, Ill., Martha Lynn and her husband, Fritz Poppe of Groton, Conn. and Theodore Edward and his wife, Denise Miller of Dover; seven grandsons, Eric Miller, David Miller, James Poppe, Mark Poppe, Christopher Miller, Joshua Miller and Nathaniel Miller; a brother, William Henry and his wife, Norma Bagby of Mineola, Texas.
Her funeral was held March 8 at First Presbyterian Church, Normal, Ill, where she lived for 57 years of her life. She was buried next to her late husband at Hill Crest Memorial Park, Streator, Ill.
There will be a memorial for her Dover friends and family on April 21, 2007, at the Presbyterian Church, 54 S. State St., Dover at 2 p.m. A small reception will follow.
Arrangements by Calvert and Metzler Memorial Homes, Bloomington, Ill.
DOVER - Martha Ted Bagby Miller of Dover died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz., doing what she enjoyed most - traveling. She was 82.
She was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Hugo, Okla. to the late William Edward and Mary Emelyn Bagby.
She married Charles Hardie Miller on Nov. 29, 1946, in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
He died Dec. 15, 1971.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Dover.
She was a member of the Col. Haslet Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Dover and a DAR member for more than 60 years.
She was a member of the Victory Chapter 15, Order of the Eastern Star in Dover and an Eastern Star member for more than 25 years.
She volunteered at the Bayhealth Hospital Human Resources Center and was a regular blood donor through the American Red Cross and Delaware Blood Bank.
She received a bachelor"s degree in Spanish from Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas, in 1944. She earned her master"s degree in English literature at Illinois State University in 1979.
Mrs. Miller taught school in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and LaSalle, Ill. Later she was secretary in the special education department at Illinois State University from 1973 until she retired in 1988.
She was an avid traveler, having been to all 50 states, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, Russia and Australia.
She was a wonderful guest, a loving mother, a good card player and a great caring friend.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister.
She is survived by five children, Robert Charles and his wife, Purita Miller of Bremerton, Wash., William Raymond and his wife, Marilyn Miller of Streator, Ill., Martha Lynn and her husband, Fritz Poppe of Groton, Conn. and Theodore Edward and his wife, Denise Miller of Dover; seven grandsons, Eric Miller, David Miller, James Poppe, Mark Poppe, Christopher Miller, Joshua Miller and Nathaniel Miller; a brother, William Henry and his wife, Norma Bagby of Mineola, Texas.
Her funeral was held March 8 at First Presbyterian Church, Normal, Ill, where she lived for 57 years of her life. She was buried next to her late husband at Hill Crest Memorial Park, Streator, Ill.
There will be a memorial for her Dover friends and family on April 21, 2007, at the Presbyterian Church, 54 S. State St., Dover at 2 p.m. A small reception will follow.
Arrangements by Calvert and Metzler Memorial Homes, Bloomington, Ill.
