MCCRAY-MILLER, Joretta Nadine

Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - Joretta Nadine McCray-Miller, 84, passed away at her home Aug. 23, 2014. She was born to the late Victor and Helen McCray Feb. 13, 1931 in Wheatland, Ind. She and husband, Vernon, were married in 1950, in Terre Haute, Ind. She was a member of NARFA and Beta Sigma Phi. She was a community volunteer and valued the service of our military. She was known to prepare and provide meals and open her home to the military troops during wartime. “She made the best homemade egg noodles.” She was a loving, caring and nurturing woman. She enjoyed watching movies and going for drives. She was a frugal person, saving money wherever she could. She was very family oriented and always put family first. Joretta is survived by her sons, Steve (Sue) Miller of Lake Havasu City, and Dan (Katherine) Miller, of Tempe; daughters, Cathy Carlon, Kim (Tom) Hemmen, Verna (Kevin) Beyer, all of Lake Havasu City, and Shelley Miller-Rapacz, of Phoenix. She also leaves behind fourteen grandchildren, Michelle, Josiah, Christina, Gennifer, Crystal, Michael, Jimmy, Thomas, Elias, Daniel, Chyanne, Kevin, Corey and Cassie as well as twenty-three great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Joretta was preceded in death by her parents, Victor and Helen McCray; husband, Vernon Miller as well as her daughter Vicki Vestal. Funeral services for Joretta will be 10 a.m. Friday at Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Chaplin Kathy Kenney will provide words of comfort. Joretta will be laid to rest at Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Thoughts and condolences may be sent to Joretta’s family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com.