Judy Miller
Judy Miller
KEARNEY — A memorial service for Judy Miller will be held March 7, at 10:30 a.m., at the Christian Church, Edison, with Pastor Kirk Einspahr officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Edison Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Mitchell-Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home, Oxford.
Judy Maxine Miller, 78, Kearney, formerly of Edison, died March 3, 2024, at the Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney, due to complications from pneumonia.
Judy was born June 30, 1945, in Imperial, to Milton Ramsey “Jack” and Marian Maxine (Davidson) Browning. She was raised on the family farm near Champion, and received her schooling from Imperial Public Schools, graduating in 1963. When she was a young teen, a family friend, Guy Hixon, was at the farm and happened to hear her beautiful voice, he asked her if she would be the singer inhis band, and thus began her wonderful journey as lead singer in “The Champion Valley Boys” band. They played in the local area and into Colorado.Judy was singing at the dance hall in Indianola, when a local Bartley boy whom she had neverseen before sauntered in. His name was Jesse Miller. He listened to her sing for a while and then declared, “I’m going to marry that girl someday.” And that’s just what he did. Judy and Jesse were married at the Methodist church in Indianola in the midst of an unexpected Nebraska snowstorm. Jesse carried her over the alter and out of the church worried she would slip. She was a tiny little thing.They were married for 40 years.
Judy and Jesse were blessed with three wonderful children, Ricky Eugene, Cathy Maxine and Tony Jay. They lived in Bartley; Ellis, Kan.; and Oxford, before finally settling in their permanent home in Edison in 1975.
Judy worked at Becton Dickenson, Holdrege, for 30 years. She was a hard worker. She was a woman of grace and kindness and blessed many with her comforting words and soothing ways. She never knew a stranger and provided warmth and love to those who were lucky enough to know her.She had a special sense of humor and delighted in making those around herlaugh, and she sprinkled joy and comfort into the lives of those who knew her.She was truly an angelic soul and loved the Lord.
Judy enjoyed church, singing, Bible study, bingo, bird watching, writing, art, blue morning glories, and collecting horses and angels, but her greatest joy was her children and grandchildren, and she maintained a close relationship with them all throughout her life. They will carry her in their hearts throughout theirs.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents;her husband, Jesse Miller, in 2002; brother, Jerry Browning; niece, Patricia Maddux; nephew, Todd Miller; four brothers-in-law, Joe Maddux, Boyd Miller, Casey Miller and Jerry Miller; and sister-in-law, Barbara Masur.
Left to cherish her memory are her three children:Rick Miller (Marla), Odessa; Cathy Kumm (Don), Norfolk; Tony Miller (Kerri), Kearney; five grandchildren, Brittany Bartusch, Norfolk; Samantha Miller, Oxford; Brandon Bartusch, Wausa; Madisyn Jakub (Dallen), Brainard; and Taryn Miller, Lincoln; three great-grandchildren, Livviona Russell, Oxford; Grayson Bartusch, Norfolk; and Paisley Jakub, Brainard; her sister, Joan Maddux, Wauneta; special sister-in-law, Patricia Miller-Blake, Cleveland, Ohio; and sisters-in-law, Mitzi Hargis (Ted), St. Joseph, Mo., and Nancy Miller-Rupert (Wilber), Culbertson; along with nieces, nephews, extended relatives and many friends.
A visitation will be held March 6, from 5-8 p.m., at the Community Building in Edison, with the family greeting the public from 6-7:30 p.m.
Memorials in Judy’s honor can be made to the family for later designation.
