Born: September 26, 1910
Died: February 10, 2004
Age: 93 years

Services: 10:00am Saturday, February 14, 2004 at St. Brigid Catholic Church, Grand Junction, Iowa
Interment: Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Junction, Iowa
Visitation: after 11:00am Friday at St. Brigid Catholic Church, Grand Junction, Iowa
Visitation with the family: 6:00 - 8:30pm Friday at St. Brigid Catholic Church, Grand Junction, Iowa
Vigil Service: 7:30pm Friday at St. Brigid Catholic Church, Grand Junction, Iowa

Funeral services for Pearl Cecelia Miller, 93, of Jefferson, formerly of Grand Junction, will be 10:00am Saturday, February 14, 2004 at St. Brigid Catholic Church, Grand Junction, IA, with interment at Mr. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Junction, IA.

Friends may call at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Grand Junction after 11:00 am on Friday. Visitation with the family is from 6:00-8:30pm Friday at St. Brigid Catholic Church, Grand Junction, IA, with Vigil Service at 7:30 pm Friday at St. Brigid Catholic Church, Grand Junction.

Memorials suggested to Grand Junction Fire and Rescue, Lincoln Highway Association, or St. Brigid Catholic Church.

Pearl Cecelia Miller was born September 26, 1910 at Downer, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Otto Kelting and Elizabeth Kluck Kelting. In 1924, Pearl moved to Webster City, Iowa where she worked at Monarch Company.

On October 15, 1930 Pearl was married to Joseph G. Miller at the Catholic Church in Webster City. The couple moved to Grand Junction, Iowa and lived their entire married life there. In 1957 they bought the Star Motel, which Pearl ran for many years. She retired in 1980.

Pearl was a member of St. Brigid Catholic Church, and the Altar Society. She belonged to the Stitch and Chatter Club and the Brown Town Club.

In September of 1999, Pearl became a resident of the Jefferson Manor. She died February 10, 2004 at the Greene County Medical Center at the age of 93 years.

Pearl was preceded in death by her parents; her husband who died in 1963; a son, Kenneth who died in 2003; and three brothers and three sisters.

Survivors include 4 sons: Dale Miller of Yale, IA, Ralph Miller of Grand Junction, IA; Gerald Miller of Kingsville, TX; and Gayland Miller of Warwick, RI; 2 daughters: JoAnne Grow of Moultrie, GA and Janice Bice of Perry, IA; 1 brother: Art Kelting of Webster City, IA; 2 sisters: Jeanette Costellow and Irene Kazee, both of CA; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

Services were arranged by Slininger-Rossow Funeral Homes of Jefferson and Grand Junction.