OBIT: Helen Ruth MILLER, 2004, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  HELEN RUTH MILLER
  
  Helen Ruth Miller, 82, Champion, died July 3, 2004 at her home.  Born
  Feb. 24, 1922, in Champion, a daughter of the late Gabriel H. and
  Naomi (Sleasman) Miller.  In addition to her parents, preceded in
  death by her brother Walter Paul Miller.  Survived by a sister-in-law,
  Wanna Mae Neiderhiser and her husband Melvin, Champion; niece, Ann
  Ainsley and her husband Robert S., Normalville; nephew, Robert Miller
  and wife Carole, Pittsburgh; great-nieces, Marcia Ainsley of
  Normalville, Lisa Cook and her husband Jeff, of Murraysville, Kelly
  Welch and her husband, Bob, McMurray and Mandy Miller, Cannonsburg;
  great-nephews, Robert M. Ainsley and wife Tammy, Normalville, Paul
  Miller, Cannonsburg, Robbie and Harrison Miller, Pittsburgh; three
  great-great-nieces and three great-great-nephews and her special
  friends Kay and John Ewing and family, Greensburg, and Peggy
  Basinger, Normalville.  Helen Ruth was the last surviving member of
  her immediate family.  A life long resident of Champion.  She was a
  graduate of Connellsville High School with the class of 1940.  Prior
  to her retirement in 1993, Helen Ruth worked as a rural route mail
  carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for 43 years.  She was a longtime
  member of the County Line Church of the Brethren.  She was also a
  member of the Eastern Star 383 in Scottdale, the Order of the
  Amaranth and the Royal Carriers Association.  Helen Ruth loved and
  enjoyed cats.  She raised many of them throughout the years and among
  them was her favorite Patsy.  Family and friends were received Sunday,
  and will be received from 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday in the Clyde Brooks
  Funeral Home, Route 711, Melcroft.  Additional viewing will be held
  from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., the hour of service Tuesday, in the County
  Line Church of the Brethren.  The Rev. Thomas Bonomo officiating.  A
  committal service and interment will follow in the Mt. Nebo Cemetery,
  Saltlick Township.  Donations may made to Animal Angels, 419 Three Mile
  Hill, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. 15666, in memory of Helen Ruth Miller.
  www.brooksfuneralhomes.com. 
  
  07/05/2004  Daily American