Edna Miller (nee Kelly)

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Edna Miller (nee Kelly)

April 28, 1910 - Oct. 10, 2007
MILLER: Edna (Kelly) Miller more affectionately known as "Aunt Edna", passed away quietly on Oct. 10, 2007. Funeral service was held at Killarney Church with burial at the Killarney cemetery. She was born at Isabella, April 28, 1910 to Duncan and Martha Kelly, the youngest of four sisters and one brother, all predeceased.
Edna attended Normal School in Brandon in 1929 and began her teaching career with terms at Steele Bridge (near Gladstone), Lima School, Miniota, Shoal Lake, Crandall and Killarney.
In 1945 Herbert and Edna were married and lived on the farm on the outskirts of Killarney. In 1947 Edna gave birth to twins, Elizabeth Lynne survived and her brother died. They retired from the farm in 1960 and following a short illness lost her husband and in 1964 lost Betty Lynn in a car accident. In her 97 years Aunt Edna had managed to teach for 35 years, took an active role in the church and sang in the United Church choir for 53 years. She kept tabs on all her nieces and nephews and their families, never missing a birth date with a phone call or a card. Edna will be missed by her special friend, Sylvia Janz, all her nieces and nephews, and their families. Donations in Edna's memory may be made to the Killarney United Church Fund.