Elfrieda Miller Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Elfrieda Miller, age 103, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the Heritage Care Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Friday, February 14, 2020 at the St. John's United Church of Christ in Ackley. She will be laid to rest at the Oak Wood Cemetery in Ackley. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM until service time on Friday, February 14 at the church. Woodley Funeral Home, LLC of Iowa Falls is caring for Elfrieda and her family. Elfrieda Alvina (Kloetzer) Miller was born July 27, 1916 to Kurt and Ella (Poley) Kloetzer. She was raised in rural Franklin county and attended rural school. On December 11, 1934 she married Daniel (Bill) Miller. Their first home was in Ackley, Iowa. In 1946 the couple moved to a farm by Geneva, Iowa to start farming. Two years later they moved back to Ackley where they farmed for over thirty years on the same farmstead. Elfrieda was always a homemaker and she enjoyed gardening and fishing. She spent many hours putting puzzles together and enjoyed playing card games such as pepper and cribbage because she usually won. Elfrieda was the oldest member of St. John’s United Church of Christ. In 2009 Elfrieda made her own decision to move into the Ackley Presbyterian Home while she was still able to enjoy the people and activities. April 2015, Elfrieda and her brother Ed moved to the Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls to be closer to their brother Don. Elfrieda Miller is survived by her three children, Jackie (Virgil) Klahsen of Ackley, Iowa, Joan (Larry) Ehrig of Waterloo, Iowa and Scot Miller of Ackley, Iowa; ten grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; ten great-great grandchildren; two sister in-laws, Vivian Kloetzer of Ackley, Iowa and Jean Miller of California as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Kurt and Ella; husband , Daniel Miller; daughter, Margery Miller; son, Darwin Miller; grandson, Dart Miller; great-granddaughter, Shelby Miller; sisters: Lillian Lehr, Clara Ploeger, Erna Roelfs and Ruth Miller; brothers: Frank, Ed, Raymond, Don and Bob. At 103 years old, Elfrieda was the last surviving member of the Kurt and Ella (Poley) Kloetzer family.

Elfrieda Miller

July 27, 1916 - February 8, 2020

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Elfrieda Miller

July 27, 1916 - February 8, 2020

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