Ruth Miller

Ruth Miller, age 90, of Freeport, Illinois, previously of Woodbine, Illinois, died Monday, January 22, 2007 at FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 27, 2007 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Elizabeth, Illinois. Reverend Jeremy Yowell of Woodbine Grace Bible Church will officiate. Burial will be in Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Illinois. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, January 26, 2007 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Elizabeth. A Memorial Fund has been established in Ruth’s name for the Ministries of New Mom’s and The Mailbox Club.
Ruth was born on September 8, 1916 in Woodbine, the daughter of Ralph and Emma (Schubert) Heidenreich. Ruth graduated from Stockton High School, Stockton, Illinois. On October 16, 1937, Ruth married William A. Miller in Dixon, Illinois. William passed away in 1993.
Ruth and her husband, of fifty-five years, farmed in the Woodbine area. She also worked twenty-two years for the Woodbine Office of National Farm Loan Association. She was a member of Grace Bible Church in Woodbine.
Ruth will be dearly missed by her two sons, Joel (Joan) Miller of Orange Park, Florida and Clair (Sharon) Miller of Gurnee, Illinois; one sister, Mila Winter of Woodbine; four grandchildren, Scott (Jennifer) Miller of Brownsburg, Indiana, Brian (Renee) Miller of Port Matilda, Pennsylvania; Annette Miller of Beach Park, Illinois and Andrew (Julianne) Miller of Gurnee, and five great grandchildren, Kaleb, Joshua, Malea Miller of Port Matilda, Pennsylvania and twin girls, Kara and Maria Miller of Gurnee.
Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, William; two brothers, Wayne Heidenreich and Ray Lee Heidenreich; and two sisters, Dorothy Morris and Berneice Heidenreich.