Sister Therese Miller BVM
November 23, 2016Share using:
Sister Therese Miller, BVM (Therese Emile), 87, of Marian Hall, 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, at Marian Hall.
The Natural Burial Rite of Committal was held on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Burial was in the Mount Carmel cemetery. A memorial service and Mass will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, at 10:45 a.m. in the Marian Hall Chapel.
Sister Therese served as congregational employee, ministering as nurse aide and laundry worker at Mount Carmel in Dubuque, and worked as convent cook in Davenport, both in Iowa. She was an elementary school teacher in Chicago.
She was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on May 15, 1929, to Paul Anson and Theresa Graef Miller. She entered the BVM congregation Feb. 2, 1950, from St. Mary Parish, Iowa City, Iowa. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1952, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1957.
She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers Clifford, Peter, Louis, Carl and Joseph; and sisters Alta Miller Reber, Agnes Rocca, Maglene Parizek and Theresa Eckrich. She is survived by nieces, nephews and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with whom she shared life for 66 years.
Memorials may be given to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003 or online at www.bvmcong.org/whatsnew_obits.cfm.
Leonard Funeral Home& Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Rd., Dubuque, IA 52003 is in charge of arrangements. ©
