Mildred "Polly" Miller

Sep 30, 1932 -

Aug 16, 2020

Mildred "Polly" Pauline Miller, 87, passed away at home in Chugiak, Alaska, surrounded by family on Aug. 16, 2020. Polly was born on Sept. 30, 1932, to the late Herbert Paul Clark and Jessie Pearl Randolph in Sweetwater, Mo. In 1953, at a wedding, she met her future husband Nelson Miller and they married two weeks later on May 26, 1953. Polly was a military wife living in numerous stations including overseas in Morocco. She then lived in Wisconsin for 30 years before making her journey to Alaska in 2007, where she became a resident at Casa del Norte in Chugiak.

Polly was a teacher for 20 years in Kenosha, Wis., before retiring to care for her husband and her parents. Polly's life was all about caring for her cats, church service, collecting people she found to be interesting and playing with her great-great-grandson. She was greatly loved and respected, and instilled a healthy fear of God in all who knew her. She loved life, her cats and her family, and felt blessed to be living in Alaska.

Polly is preceded in death by her husband, Nelson Miller; parents, Herbert Clark and Jessie Randolph; sister, Nadine Resh; and brother, Herbert Clark Jr.

She is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Volden; granddaughters, Jacklyn Volden and Jessie Lommel; grandson, David Lommel; great-granddaughters, Tru'Lee Volden, Millie Lommel, Lucy Lommel and Eliza Lommel; great-grandson, Vito Wilcher; great-great-grandson, Grayson Volden-Jewell; sister, Carol Blackburn; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends who all became her family.

A burial will be at Sunset Ridge next to her husband in Kenosha. The family request any donations to go to local animal shelters.