PLAINS – Dorothy Josephine (Arndt) Miller, age 93, died early Sunday morning, December 23, 2007, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

She was born January 26, 1914, at Yellowstone, Woods County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Joseph Franklin and Josephine Lulu (Menefee) Arndt.

On March 5, 1933, she married Raymond Miller at Walsh, Colorado. In 1943, the couple moved to a farmstead southeast of Kismet, Kansas. Later in 1959, they moved to Plains, Kansas where they made their home.

She was a homemaker and a custodian for the Plains school system, First Baptist Church, and Plains area residences. In addition she opened her home up to harvesters in the 1960's and 1970's, ironed clothing, and was a caretaker for Dr. Davis.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, serving as a musician, singing in the choir, and cleaning; and attended the Young at Heart senior center, all of Plains. She enjoyed playing music, crocheting, being a mother and grandmother, and helping others.

She is survived by:

Four sons, Von Miller of Ashland, Kansas
Vernon Lee Miller of Hershey, Nebraska
Ray Dean Miller of Boiser City, Louisiana
Richard Lynn Miller of Plains, Kansas

A daughter, Darlene Jean McCollum of Broomfield, Colorado

Two sisters, Goldie Calkins and Lucille Meadows

12 grandchildren 18 Great-grandchildren 1 Great-great-grandchild

She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond, on November 21, 1999; three brothers, Charlie, Harry, and Willie Arndt; four sisters, Sylvia Guthner, Hattie Packard, Irene Van Geison, and Vivian Amedei; and a granddaughter, Shaila Miller.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 27, 2007, at the First Baptist Church, Plains, with the ministers, Neal Foster, Larry Miller, and Robert McCollum presiding. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary Meade, Kansas. Interment will be in the Plains Cemetery, Plains.

The family would welcome memorials to the Fist Baptist Church in care of the mortuary.