FOWLER - Jeanette Louise Miller Zortman, 62, met her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at Minneola Hospital, Minneola, Kansas following an 8 year battle with cancer.
She was born December 29, 1946, in Wichita to Dr. Howard and Geraldine Miller. She married Dale Zortman on July 24, 1967 in Meade, KS.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother.
Jeanette attended Meade Public Schools in Meade, KS for her grade school through high school education. She attended Wichita State University majoring in elementary education.
She lived in Fowler for over 40 years, was a farmer's wife and had worked for the First National Bank, Meade and Fowler State Bank, Fowler. She was a member of the Fowler Friends Church.
She will be dearly missed by those who survive her.
Survivors include her husband, Dale Zortman, Fowler, KS; daughter, Suzan Hickey, and husband, Brian, Wichita, KS; son, Jeffry Zortman and wife, Catalina, Fowler, KS. Six grandchildren Brennan and Aidan Hickey and Elijah, Abby, Alex and Eliana Zortman, Brother, Kenneth Miller and his wife, Julie, Sapulpa, OK.
Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with the family present from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, January 23, 2009 at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary in Meade KS. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Fowler Grade School Auditorium. A graveside service will immediately follow at the Fowler Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials to the American Lung Association.