Patricia Miller

Patricia Ann Miller, age 91, residing at 10200 Colvin Run Road Great Falls, VA died peacefully in her sleep on Friday Feb 21, 2025 at Brightview Assisted Living Center. She was born January 18, 1934 in Hoopeston, Illinois, the daughter of Leroy and Margaret Unger. Patricia lived in Rockford, IL from 1965 to 2019 coming from Peoria, Illinois then moving to Great Falls, Virginia in 2019. She married Keith Miller in Watseka, IL on June 9, 1956. She graduated from Watseka High School in 1952, from Methodist Nursing School in Peoria in 1955 and worked as a Registered Nurse at the Methodist Hospital in Peoria and Alma Nelson and River Bluff nursing homes in Rockford. She volunteered many years at First Assembly Church (Rockford First) as a Sunday School Teacher and heading up their funeral lunches. 

Patricia is survived by her children, Stephen (Jerilyn) Miller and one daughter Holly (Douglas) Traxler of Oakton, Virginia. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Olivia (Chris) Brosig of Portland, Oregon, Daniel (Ryan) Traxler of Ashburn, Virginia, Jackson (Constance) Traxler of Rockville, Maryland, and Victoria Traxler of Missoula, Montana. Surviving great-grandchildren, Luka and Larken (Olivia) Brosig of Portland, Oregon, and Murphy and Callum (Daniel) Traxler of Ashburn, Virginia and Jerilyn’s daughter, Ivy French.

She is predeceased by her husband Keith in 1988, her parents Margaret and Leroy Unger, and her brother John Unger. 

A funeral Service will be held in Vienna, Virginia on Thursday, March 6 at 3 p.m. with a visitation starting at 2 p.m. at The Antioch Church on Beulah Rd.

A second service will be held in Rockford, Illinois on Monday March 10 at 1:00 p.m. with a visitation beginning at 12:30 p.m. at the Fitzgerald Funeral Home, 1860 S. Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61108.

A Burial service will be held after the Rockford service at the Scandinavian Cemetery on Rural St.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation.