Anna Mae Miller

Anna Mae (Ropp) Miller was born March 3, 1927 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, daughter of Solomon and Vesta (Yoder) Ropp. She was united in Marriage, August 22, 1954, to Paul W Miller at the Fairview Mennonite Church, Kalona, IA. She was baptized in her youth and was currently a member of Sunnyside Church. She was a sincere woman in her Faith in Jesus Christ.
Following their marriage they served in a Mission Church in Mountain View, Arkansas where their first 3 children were born. Anna Mae became interested in teaching hearing impaired children when she found out her oldest daughter was deaf. This took them to Cleveland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. From there they moved to Iowa, where she began a small school for the deaf in Kalona, in 1966.
Anna Mae had a sincere passion for the elderly, and in her 60's she sought to achieve education in nursing and hoped to have a daycare for elderly people. She visited the elderly on a regular basis, and loved to plant many gladiola bulbs, to take flowers to the nursing homes for a sense of good cheer. It truly was her joy and delight. When visiting their daughters in Oregon, she chose to volunteer in Nursing Homes there also, as well as in Florida when they began making their winter home there.
Survivors include 3 daughters, Gwendolyn (Mike) Hurst, of Ephrata, PA; Joyce,(Darrell) Headings, Ainsworth, IA; and Reba (Wayne) Miller, Canyon City, OR; 2 sons, Kevin (Joyce) and Jerry (Holly), of Sarasota, FL; 26 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Also survivors are 2 sisters, Cora (Levi) Miller of London, OH and Norma (Harley) Nisly of Kalona; and 5 brothers, Herman (Gladys) of Harrisonburg, VA, Leroy (Edith) and Emil (Erma) of Kalona, Morris (Norma) Atmore, AL; and Paul (Marlene) of Sarasota, FL; Mrs. Wesley (Anna) Ropp of Harrisonburg, VA.
Those preceding in death were her parents, Sol and Vest Ropp, a sister Cleora Yoder, and 2 brothers, John and Wesley, and 2 in-laws, Sherman Yoder and Violet Ropp, and 1 niece, and 2 nephews.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM Monday, November 10, 2014 at the Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Kalona with Pastor Floyd Helmuth and Pastor John King officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3-8 PM on Sunday at the Sunnyside Mennonite Church. The Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona is in charge of the arrangements.