Edna W. (Marcum) Miller

Edna W. Miller, 90, of Fairfield, Ohio, passed away on Friday June 12, 2015. She was born in Somerset, Kentucky on Monday March 16, 1925 to H.B. and Lectia Marcum. Edna was one of sixteen children and learned quickly how to be a strong, independent woman; she held her own until her final days. She is a woman who lived through numerous events of American history and would gladly tell you about the Great Depression, making parachutes during WWII, walking to Findlay Market to buy groceries, attending ball games at Crosley Field, assassination of JFK, and many more. As a member of Partners in Prime senior citizens center, she would organize and run the bake sales to bring in money for the center, a place which many of her dear friends gathered every week. Edna loved to ballroom dance, jitterbug, talk movie stars, and no holiday or party was celebrated right unless Edna hosted. She had a talent to sew but her true passion was cooking and baking. No one in her house went hungry and there was no stranger she wouldn’t share her desserts with. We can smell her cakes now! “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” – Code by which Edna lived by. Edna is the devoted mother of Joseph (Betty) Haynes, Pat (Ronald) French, Jeffery Haynes, Steve (Sandy) Haynes, Ervin (Mary) Miller, and Julia (Doug) Seebohm; grandmother of Rhonda (Shaun) Williams, Paula (Kelly) Schneider, Carly Louden, Katie (Shawn) Foley, Douglas Seebohm, Tim Miller, and Todd Miller; great grandmother of Rynn Florence, Mitchell Williams, Brook Williams, T.J. Evans, Chad Evans, Kristiana (Andrew) Derr, Sydney Louden, Abby Louden, Hallie Miller, Layla Miller, and Sophie Miller; great great grandmother of Rijn Florence, Norah Rose Derr, and Adaline Grace Derr. She is survived by her siblings Cecil Marcum, Betty McGurrin, and H.B. (Patsy) Marcum; numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends. Edna is preceded in death by her parents; daughter in law Lora Haynes; and 13 siblings. Visitation will be Thursday June 18, 2015 at the Avance Funeral Home and Crematory, 4976 Winton Rd., Fairfield, OH 45014. Graveside services will be Friday at Oak Grove Cemetery in Nancy, KY at 12 p.m. with Brother Randy Wiles officiating. Condolences may be offered at www.avancefuneralhome.com

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