Cleric.
Born at Starbuck on 31 January 1914, daughter of Blanche Eva Fetterman (1895-1991) and Ray William Miller (1890-1926), she taught at Newton Siding School (?-?) and Birds HIll School (1944-1945) before taking deaconness training. She served with the Home Mission Board of the United Church at the Norway House Indian Residential School and Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School. She then attended United College where she studied for a Theology degree.
In June 1949, she was ordained and served at Kenville United Church (1949-1953), Benito United Church (1949-1953), Durban United Church (1949-1953), Westminster United Church at Foxwarren (1953-?), High Bluff United Church (?-?), Hartney United Church (1979-1982), Dand United Church (1979-1982), and Lauder United Church (1979-1982) until retirement. In 1977, the University of Winnipeg awarded her an honorary doctorate of divinity.
She died unmarried at Winnipeg on 28 November 2001.
Birth registration [Ida Marguerite Miller], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Roy William Miller], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 November 2001, page 42.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 27 September 2026
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