MILLER, Wanda Mae

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ December 28, 2007 Wanda Mae Miller of Joseph City died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, at The Carriage House in Snowflake at the age of 82. She was born Aug. 28, 1925, in Tulsa, Okla., to the late Charles Orley and Margaret Mabel (Kirk) Morris. She married Carl Louis Smith; he preceded her in death in 1981. Wanda later married Leon C. Miller and in 1991, moved to Joseph City where they have since resided. Wanda is survived by her husband, Leon C. Miller of Joseph City; son Smith (Leslie) Daniel of Salt Lake City, Utah; daughters Carla Kline of Victorville, Calif., and Michele Smith of Victorville, Calif.; stepdaughters Linda (William) Hartman of Smithville, Utah, Colleen (Kenneth) Jones of Snowflake, Phyllis (Richard) Minyard of Apache Junction, Nancy (Glen) Palmer of Pleasant Grove, Utah, and Martha (Lynn) Dayton of Snowflake; stepson, Kevin (LuAnne) Miller of Delta, Utah; sister Bettie Scheumack of Upland, Calif.; 27 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by her brother, Harold T. "Bud" Morris; sisters Bernice "Bernie" Tabor, Lydia Lorraine Rogers, Faye Ray, Thelma Oxford, Bonita Sherrell and Lucille Simons. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 30, at Owens Mortuary, Heritage Chapel, 84 East 19th South in Snowflake. Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the Chino Wards Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4321 Philadelphia St., in Chino, Calif., with visitation beginning one hour prior to services. She will be laid to rest next to her first husband, Carl, at the Pomona City Cemetery in Pomona, Calif.