Glenndyn Naomi Miller was born July 28, 1928, to Glenn Eugene and Idelle Naomi Miller in Corona, California. She was the second youngster of 5, having 3 sisters and a brother.
She was raised on the plains of Nebraska and beloved to inform the tales of a dust ground dugout with sheets and blankets hung to make rooms. Her Dad was a share crop farmer and the neighbors would all share what that they had an abundance of. She remembered drawing water from a cistern and selecting wild vegetation and herbs together with her Mom.
The household moved again to California when she was a youngster and the household misplaced the whole lot in a home hearth when she was 15. She graduated from Coachella Valley Union Excessive College in Thermal,
CA, and would like to share that the Secretary give up that yr and the college requested her to fill the place on high of her college work.
Quickly afterwords she married Sammie Buster Johnson and had a daughter and two sons. They settled in Riverside, CA, and round 1960, they separated and he or she struggled to boost her kids on her personal with assist from her Mother.
In 1962, she married Jack David Johnson and moved to Arlington till all her children grew up and moved out. Whereas elevating her children the household would camp virtually each weekend within the deserts and mountains of southern California. They arrange an extended single broad trailer and frequented Woodchuck off Hwy 79 typically with different members of the family becoming a member of them. They purchased one other home with a rental in again for awhile earlier than they moved north to Yuba Metropolis.
Mother and Jack purchased a produce firm on Shasta St. and with Jack’s ambition they rapidly outgrew the one man operation. They purchased the outdated A&W throughout the road and turned it right into a warehouse naming it Fortunate Star Produce. Jack bought produce and Mother saved the books till they retired in 1991. They’d lived in Yuba Metropolis, Meridian and again to Yuba Metropolis in 1996.
Mother and Jack traveled often throughout the states taking quite a lot of routes. They skilled just a few cruises and fairly just a few Thriller Journeys with the Yuba Metropolis Senior Middle.
Mother beloved to stitch and knit in her youthful years however as arthritis started troubling her she set them apart. She was identified with Phlebitis at 19 and was restricted from plenty of actions to guard her legs, finally having the massive veins stripped from her legs in 1959. She was identified with diabetes within the mid 80’s and adjusted her eating regimen to not want insulin. She was decided to not go to dialysis and succeeded.
She had survived a number of diseases together with most cancers that destroyed the ear nerves in her left ear in 1998. Whereas prepping for surgical procedure they discovered her heartbeat was too irregular in order that they consulted and implanted a pacemaker earlier than persevering with with surgical procedure.
As she moved into Assisted Residing she willingly tailored, admitting it was the place she wanted to be. For five years she regarded ahead to Sunday Drives together with her son Gene and daughter Lorraine. They’d journey the again roads, discover locations to eat and return on different roads. After she misplaced her leg in 2020, she wanted extra help than they might provide and he or she moved into long run Expert Nursing.
At 93 she was making progress with a prosthetic leg to rise up from mattress and switch to sit down in her wheelchair. She was getting shut to have the ability to prepare to switch to the automotive so we may proceed our Sunday Drives when she fell sick and handed on September twenty eighth 2021, in her mattress on the Fountains in Yuba Metropolis.
She has left a tremendous instance of affection and self self-discipline that she’s going to proceed to be a mentor for years to return.
She is survived by her youthful sister, Mona Trogden; brother, Doyle Miller; daughter, Lorraine Bailey; sons, Ted and Gene Johnson; and “frequent legislation” brothers, Gary Layton and Jerry Smith. Her household grew to many, many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren; and virtually uncountable nieces, nephews and their households.
A Celebration of Life Memorial might be on the Yuba Metropolis Moose Lodge on November 20, 2021, at 10:00 AM. Time to share and Pot luck lunch.
In lieu of flowers on the Celebration, please make a donation to the American Heart Association. On their internet web page there’s the choice to donate in honor or in reminiscence.
Revealed by Attraction Democrat on Oct. 9, 2021.
