Miller, Betty June(Arnold)Farris

2nd wife of William Melvin’Bill’ Miller      wife of Leslie Joseph Farris, Jr.

Burial Date: 2017,  02/15        Age: 92       Lot: 921 B

Betty June Miller, 92, of the Madrid Home and formerly of Sterling, Kansas died on February 11, 2017, at the Madrid Home in Madrid, Iowa.  Graveside services were held on Wednesday, February 15 at 1 pm at Sterling Community Cemetery in Sterling, Kansas. Betty was born on September 18, 1924, in McPherson, Kansas to Clyde F and Mae Dovey (Murphy) Arnold.  She owned and operated her own beauty shop in Sterling for many years.  Betty was a member of the Methodist Church and the Eastern Star. She enjoyed playing Bingo.  After suffering a stroke, she moved to Slater, Iowa in 2012 and then in 2013 to the Madrid Home.  Betty is survived by her sons, David Farris of Sterling, Kansas and Irvin Miller of Colorado Springs, CO.; three daughters, Barbara White of Slater, Iowa; Bobbie Burns of Newton, Kansas and Mary Piper of Bonner Springs, Kansas. Betty had twelve grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Mae Arnold; her two husbands, Leslie Farris and William Miller, a brother, Kenneth Arnold, and two sisters, Sherrill Neeley and Wilma Breeden.  If you wish to send money to honor Betty, you may contribute to her memorial fund at the Madrid Home, 613 W North Street, in Madrid, Iowa 50156. Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling is in charge of arrangements.

Betty’s first husband, Leslie Joseph Farris, Jr. died June 1961 and is buried in Bramon, OK.