Mary Jane McInerney Miller - Memphis, TN
Mary Jane McInerney Miller, 98, of Memphis, Tennessee, died peacefully in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 25, 2016. A gracious and kind, gentle and loving wife, mother, grandparent, and great, grandparent, Mary Jane touched many lives and enriched the world she graced with her presence. Born in Denison, Texas, on March 18, 1918, to John Raymond and Lela Josephine (O'Riley) McInerney, Mary Jane was very proud of her Irish (5/8) and Native American ancestry. She was 1/8 Choctaw by blood as the daughter of the Dawes Rolls Choctaw Nation original enrollee Lela Josephine O’Riley (enrollment #9819 from February 3, 1903 in Dawes Rolls field #3440). She attended Durant High School from the 10th through 12th grades, graduating in May 1937, and continued her education at St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in Dallas, Texas, graduating as a Registered Nurse in 1941. During World War II she worked as a First-Aid Nurse at the North American Aviation Corporation where the B-24 and B-26 aircraft were manufactured. She attended Siena and Christian Brothers Colleges where she studied English and Art History.
Mary Jane married Fountain Fox Miller, III, M.D. on June 4, 1943, in Dallas, Texas. A daily communicant at St. Louis Catholic Church, she was an active and faithful founding member from its groundbreaking in 1957. She was a more than 50-year member of St. Louis Guild, Madonna Circle, and the Memphis Medical Auxiliary. She also enjoyed long-term membership in Colonial Country Club, the 9-Hole Ladies Golf Group, Madonna Circle Arts (former president), the Oak Grove Home and Garden Club, and the Memphis Art League.
She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, her parents, her brother John Raymond McInerney, Jr., and her cousin Mary (Austin) Thomasson; and leaves her daughter Mary Kathleen(Miller) Rozelle and her husband Robert Vaughn Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; and her sons, James Gerald Miller and wife Linda Ann (Hollingsworth) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Stephen Kinnard Miller and wife Olivia Louise (Arrington) Miller of Collierville, Tennessee; seven grandchildren, Justin Fitzgerald Miller and wife Tina Michelle (Thrasher) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee; DeWitt Fox Miller and wife Nicole Jean (Goldberg) Miller of San Rafael, California; Kathleen Vaughn Rozelle of Los Angeles, California and Jane Allen Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; Elizabeth Lois (Miller) Simmons and husband Landon William Simmons of Bartlett, Tennessee; Andrew Stephen Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and William Kinnard Miller and wife Jennifer Lee (Zoller) Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; four great grandchildren, Merrick Taylor Miller, Reese Elizabeth Miller, and Harrison Fitzgerald Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Ellie June Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and her sister Carole Anne (McInerney) Brueggemann of St. Louis, Missouri.
Memorials should be sent to: The Monsignor Paul Clunan Endowment Fund at St. Louis Catholic Church; St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School; the Church Health Center; or the charity of your choice. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.memorialparkonline.com
Visitation will be at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 28 from 5-7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in The Commercial Appeal from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2016
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THE FOLLOWING WONDERFUL EULOGY WAS PREPARED BY MARY JANE MILLER'S GRANDDAUGHTER KATHLEEN VAUGHAN "KATY" ROZELLE IN CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED, ON DECEMBER 28, 2016:
Mary Jane always took pride in her education. She was an avid student early on, winning math contests in high school and memorizing every bone in the human body for nursing school, which is knowledge she proudly held onto long term. When she graduated from high school in Oklahoma, Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to her class and she had the opportunity to shake her hand, a memory she was fond to recount. And, when she was in her 40s, Fox told her he would take her to France if she studied French, a challenge she eagerly accepted and which jumpstarted her return to college courses for many years.
Mary Jane loved her family, friends, and memories. The Dinner Club and Golf Group were strong staples in her life for decades, and she quietly boasted when she won lowest putter for her Golf Club, playing golf well into her 90s. She also adored traveling, whether it was all the way to Greece or visits to Dallas or the family beach house in Destin, Florida.
An always positive person, very little could get Mary Jane down. She had a unique instinct to look at the bright side. Of course, much of this strength stemmed from her faith. The St. Louis community never disappointed her, and her trust in the Catholic faith at large was a constant source of comfort. In smaller moments such as misplacing something, she would look to St. Anthony to help her find it. And when she lost important loved ones in her life such as Fox, she knew she would be seeing him when God decided it was time.
Mary Jane McInerney Miller, 98, of Memphis, Tennessee, died peacefully in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 25, 2016. A gracious and kind, gentle and loving wife, mother, grandparent, and great, grandparent, Mary Jane touched many lives and enriched the world she graced with her presence. Born in Denison, Texas, on March 18, 1918, to John Raymond and Lela Josephine (O'Riley) McInerney, Mary Jane was very proud of her Irish (5/8) and Native American ancestry. She was 1/8 Choctaw by blood as the daughter of the Dawes Rolls Choctaw Nation original enrollee Lela Josephine O’Riley (enrollment #9819 from February 3, 1903 in Dawes Rolls field #3440). She attended Durant High School from the 10th through 12th grades, graduating in May 1937, and continued her education at St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in Dallas, Texas, graduating as a Registered Nurse in 1941. During World War II she worked as a First-Aid Nurse at the North American Aviation Corporation where the B-24 and B-26 aircraft were manufactured. She attended Siena and Christian Brothers Colleges where she studied English and Art History.
Mary Jane married Fountain Fox Miller, III, M.D. on June 4, 1943, in Dallas, Texas. A daily communicant at St. Louis Catholic Church, she was an active and faithful founding member from its groundbreaking in 1957. She was a more than 50-year member of St. Louis Guild, Madonna Circle, and the Memphis Medical Auxiliary. She also enjoyed long-term membership in Colonial Country Club, the 9-Hole Ladies Golf Group, Madonna Circle Arts (former president), the Oak Grove Home and Garden Club, and the Memphis Art League.
She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, her parents, her brother John Raymond McInerney, Jr., and her cousin Mary (Austin) Thomasson; and leaves her daughter Mary Kathleen(Miller) Rozelle and her husband Robert Vaughn Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; and her sons, James Gerald Miller and wife Linda Ann (Hollingsworth) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Stephen Kinnard Miller and wife Olivia Louise (Arrington) Miller of Collierville, Tennessee; seven grandchildren, Justin Fitzgerald Miller and wife Tina Michelle (Thrasher) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee; DeWitt Fox Miller and wife Nicole Jean (Goldberg) Miller of San Rafael, California; Kathleen Vaughn Rozelle of Los Angeles, California and Jane Allen Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; Elizabeth Lois (Miller) Simmons and husband Landon William Simmons of Bartlett, Tennessee; Andrew Stephen Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and William Kinnard Miller and wife Jennifer Lee (Zoller) Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; four great grandchildren, Merrick Taylor Miller, Reese Elizabeth Miller, and Harrison Fitzgerald Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Ellie June Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and her sister Carole Anne (McInerney) Brueggemann of St. Louis, Missouri.
Memorials should be sent to: The Monsignor Paul Clunan Endowment Fund at St. Louis Catholic Church; St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School; the Church Health Center; or the charity of your choice. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.memorialparkonline.com
Visitation will be at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 28 from 5-7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in The Commercial Appeal from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2016
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THE FOLLOWING WONDERFUL EULOGY WAS PREPARED BY MARY JANE MILLER'S GRANDDAUGHTER KATHLEEN VAUGHAN "KATY" ROZELLE IN CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED, ON DECEMBER 28, 2016:
Mary Jane always took pride in her education. She was an avid student early on, winning math contests in high school and memorizing every bone in the human body for nursing school, which is knowledge she proudly held onto long term. When she graduated from high school in Oklahoma, Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to her class and she had the opportunity to shake her hand, a memory she was fond to recount. And, when she was in her 40s, Fox told her he would take her to France if she studied French, a challenge she eagerly accepted and which jumpstarted her return to college courses for many years.
Mary Jane loved her family, friends, and memories. The Dinner Club and Golf Group were strong staples in her life for decades, and she quietly boasted when she won lowest putter for her Golf Club, playing golf well into her 90s. She also adored traveling, whether it was all the way to Greece or visits to Dallas or the family beach house in Destin, Florida.
An always positive person, very little could get Mary Jane down. She had a unique instinct to look at the bright side. Of course, much of this strength stemmed from her faith. The St. Louis community never disappointed her, and her trust in the Catholic faith at large was a constant source of comfort. In smaller moments such as misplacing something, she would look to St. Anthony to help her find it. And when she lost important loved ones in her life such as Fox, she knew she would be seeing him when God decided it was time.
Mary Jane McInerney Miller - Memphis, TN
Mary Jane McInerney Miller, 98, of Memphis, Tennessee, died peacefully in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 25, 2016. A gracious and kind, gentle and loving wife, mother, grandparent, and great, grandparent, Mary Jane touched many lives and enriched the world she graced with her presence. Born in Denison, Texas, on March 18, 1918, to John Raymond and Lela Josephine (O'Riley) McInerney, Mary Jane was very proud of her Irish (5/8) and Native American ancestry. She was 1/8 Choctaw by blood as the daughter of the Dawes Rolls Choctaw Nation original enrollee Lela Josephine O’Riley (enrollment #9819 from February 3, 1903 in Dawes Rolls field #3440). She attended Durant High School from the 10th through 12th grades, graduating in May 1937, and continued her education at St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in Dallas, Texas, graduating as a Registered Nurse in 1941. During World War II she worked as a First-Aid Nurse at the North American Aviation Corporation where the B-24 and B-26 aircraft were manufactured. She attended Siena and Christian Brothers Colleges where she studied English and Art History.
Mary Jane married Fountain Fox Miller, III, M.D. on June 4, 1943, in Dallas, Texas. A daily communicant at St. Louis Catholic Church, she was an active and faithful founding member from its groundbreaking in 1957. She was a more than 50-year member of St. Louis Guild, Madonna Circle, and the Memphis Medical Auxiliary. She also enjoyed long-term membership in Colonial Country Club, the 9-Hole Ladies Golf Group, Madonna Circle Arts (former president), the Oak Grove Home and Garden Club, and the Memphis Art League.
She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, her parents, her brother John Raymond McInerney, Jr., and her cousin Mary (Austin) Thomasson; and leaves her daughter Mary Kathleen(Miller) Rozelle and her husband Robert Vaughn Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; and her sons, James Gerald Miller and wife Linda Ann (Hollingsworth) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Stephen Kinnard Miller and wife Olivia Louise (Arrington) Miller of Collierville, Tennessee; seven grandchildren, Justin Fitzgerald Miller and wife Tina Michelle (Thrasher) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee; DeWitt Fox Miller and wife Nicole Jean (Goldberg) Miller of San Rafael, California; Kathleen Vaughn Rozelle of Los Angeles, California and Jane Allen Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; Elizabeth Lois (Miller) Simmons and husband Landon William Simmons of Bartlett, Tennessee; Andrew Stephen Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and William Kinnard Miller and wife Jennifer Lee (Zoller) Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; four great grandchildren, Merrick Taylor Miller, Reese Elizabeth Miller, and Harrison Fitzgerald Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Ellie June Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and her sister Carole Anne (McInerney) Brueggemann of St. Louis, Missouri.
Memorials should be sent to: The Monsignor Paul Clunan Endowment Fund at St. Louis Catholic Church; St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School; the Church Health Center; or the charity of your choice. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.memorialparkonline.com
Visitation will be at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 28 from 5-7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in The Commercial Appeal from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2016
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THE FOLLOWING WONDERFUL EULOGY WAS PREPARED BY MARY JANE MILLER'S GRANDDAUGHTER KATHLEEN VAUGHAN "KATY" ROZELLE IN CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED, ON DECEMBER 28, 2016:
Mary Jane always took pride in her education. She was an avid student early on, winning math contests in high school and memorizing every bone in the human body for nursing school, which is knowledge she proudly held onto long term. When she graduated from high school in Oklahoma, Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to her class and she had the opportunity to shake her hand, a memory she was fond to recount. And, when she was in her 40s, Fox told her he would take her to France if she studied French, a challenge she eagerly accepted and which jumpstarted her return to college courses for many years.
Mary Jane loved her family, friends, and memories. The Dinner Club and Golf Group were strong staples in her life for decades, and she quietly boasted when she won lowest putter for her Golf Club, playing golf well into her 90s. She also adored traveling, whether it was all the way to Greece or visits to Dallas or the family beach house in Destin, Florida.
An always positive person, very little could get Mary Jane down. She had a unique instinct to look at the bright side. Of course, much of this strength stemmed from her faith. The St. Louis community never disappointed her, and her trust in the Catholic faith at large was a constant source of comfort. In smaller moments such as misplacing something, she would look to St. Anthony to help her find it. And when she lost important loved ones in her life such as Fox, she knew she would be seeing him when God decided it was time.
Mary Jane McInerney Miller, 98, of Memphis, Tennessee, died peacefully in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 25, 2016. A gracious and kind, gentle and loving wife, mother, grandparent, and great, grandparent, Mary Jane touched many lives and enriched the world she graced with her presence. Born in Denison, Texas, on March 18, 1918, to John Raymond and Lela Josephine (O'Riley) McInerney, Mary Jane was very proud of her Irish (5/8) and Native American ancestry. She was 1/8 Choctaw by blood as the daughter of the Dawes Rolls Choctaw Nation original enrollee Lela Josephine O’Riley (enrollment #9819 from February 3, 1903 in Dawes Rolls field #3440). She attended Durant High School from the 10th through 12th grades, graduating in May 1937, and continued her education at St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in Dallas, Texas, graduating as a Registered Nurse in 1941. During World War II she worked as a First-Aid Nurse at the North American Aviation Corporation where the B-24 and B-26 aircraft were manufactured. She attended Siena and Christian Brothers Colleges where she studied English and Art History.
Mary Jane married Fountain Fox Miller, III, M.D. on June 4, 1943, in Dallas, Texas. A daily communicant at St. Louis Catholic Church, she was an active and faithful founding member from its groundbreaking in 1957. She was a more than 50-year member of St. Louis Guild, Madonna Circle, and the Memphis Medical Auxiliary. She also enjoyed long-term membership in Colonial Country Club, the 9-Hole Ladies Golf Group, Madonna Circle Arts (former president), the Oak Grove Home and Garden Club, and the Memphis Art League.
She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, her parents, her brother John Raymond McInerney, Jr., and her cousin Mary (Austin) Thomasson; and leaves her daughter Mary Kathleen(Miller) Rozelle and her husband Robert Vaughn Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; and her sons, James Gerald Miller and wife Linda Ann (Hollingsworth) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Stephen Kinnard Miller and wife Olivia Louise (Arrington) Miller of Collierville, Tennessee; seven grandchildren, Justin Fitzgerald Miller and wife Tina Michelle (Thrasher) Miller of Memphis, Tennessee; DeWitt Fox Miller and wife Nicole Jean (Goldberg) Miller of San Rafael, California; Kathleen Vaughn Rozelle of Los Angeles, California and Jane Allen Rozelle of Dallas, Texas; Elizabeth Lois (Miller) Simmons and husband Landon William Simmons of Bartlett, Tennessee; Andrew Stephen Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and William Kinnard Miller and wife Jennifer Lee (Zoller) Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; four great grandchildren, Merrick Taylor Miller, Reese Elizabeth Miller, and Harrison Fitzgerald Miller of Memphis, Tennessee, and Ellie June Miller of Nashville, Tennessee; and her sister Carole Anne (McInerney) Brueggemann of St. Louis, Missouri.
Memorials should be sent to: The Monsignor Paul Clunan Endowment Fund at St. Louis Catholic Church; St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School; the Church Health Center; or the charity of your choice. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.memorialparkonline.com
Visitation will be at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 28 from 5-7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Published in The Commercial Appeal from Dec. 28 to Dec. 29, 2016
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THE FOLLOWING WONDERFUL EULOGY WAS PREPARED BY MARY JANE MILLER'S GRANDDAUGHTER KATHLEEN VAUGHAN "KATY" ROZELLE IN CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED, ON DECEMBER 28, 2016:
Mary Jane always took pride in her education. She was an avid student early on, winning math contests in high school and memorizing every bone in the human body for nursing school, which is knowledge she proudly held onto long term. When she graduated from high school in Oklahoma, Eleanor Roosevelt spoke to her class and she had the opportunity to shake her hand, a memory she was fond to recount. And, when she was in her 40s, Fox told her he would take her to France if she studied French, a challenge she eagerly accepted and which jumpstarted her return to college courses for many years.
Mary Jane loved her family, friends, and memories. The Dinner Club and Golf Group were strong staples in her life for decades, and she quietly boasted when she won lowest putter for her Golf Club, playing golf well into her 90s. She also adored traveling, whether it was all the way to Greece or visits to Dallas or the family beach house in Destin, Florida.
An always positive person, very little could get Mary Jane down. She had a unique instinct to look at the bright side. Of course, much of this strength stemmed from her faith. The St. Louis community never disappointed her, and her trust in the Catholic faith at large was a constant source of comfort. In smaller moments such as misplacing something, she would look to St. Anthony to help her find it. And when she lost important loved ones in her life such as Fox, she knew she would be seeing him when God decided it was time.
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