Margaret Miller

June Miller, 88, of Bloomington, IN. passed away November 25, 2010 at Meadowood Retirement Community. She was the daughter of Alfred and Helen (Hayes) Brown, born on February 23, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana. June is survived by her loving husband of forty-two years Darl “Dusty” Miller; two sons Lee R. Ford III and wife Anita of Carmel, IN and Bradley H. Ford and wife Deborah of St. Louis, MO; twin daughters Jean Ann Ford, Jane Ford Petrin and her husband Chris of Tiburon, CA; seven grandchildren Lee R. Ford and Alison Ford-Murnane both of Chicago, IL, Brad Ford Jr. of Switzerland, Amy Ford Pugh of St. Louis, MO, Kelly Ford Fiore of Redondo Beach, CA, Maggie Ford Danielson of New York City and Ann Ford Danielson of San Francisco; and three great grandchildren Evan Murnane, Ava Murnane and Anna Jane Ford. June spent her younger years in Southern California and at age eleven performed professionally as a singer and dancer in the Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy show. While attending Los Angeles High School she appeared in motion pictures before returning to Bloomington, Indiana to finish at Bloomington High School. She graduated from Indiana University in 1944 and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She married Lee R. Ford Jr., residing in Indianapolis and was the mother to four children. In 1950 she became a founding member of St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild and in 1959 she became a member of the Indianapolis Children’s Museum Guild. Also during this period, she was a member of the Dramatic Club and Meridian Hills Country Club. In 1963, she joined the local TV station WISH-TV and produced and starred in a local variety show entitled “The June Ford Show” for three years. For the next five years, she continued working for American Fletcher National Bank and Public Service of Indiana in public relations. On Christmas day, 1968, she married the ultimate man of her dreams Darl “Dusty” C. Miller and resided in Toledo, Ohio, where she produced a local TV show for eight years called “The Noon Report”. She also was realtor and owned a children’s clothing store in Waterville, Ohio. She was involved with the NW Ohio Mother’s March of Dimes as its chairwoman. In 1983 she and Dusty returned to Bloomington, Indiana, became a member of the First United Methodist Church and remained there with a home in the Meadowood Retirement Community. A memorial reception will be held at Meadowood on Sunday, November 28, 2010 from 3-4:30 p.m. Family will receive friends from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday at Allen Funeral Home with a funeral service at 11:30 a.m. A committal service will be held in the Peace Chapel at 3 p.m. Monday at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Memorial contributions may be made to the Indiana University Foundation for the Dusty and June Miller Scholarship Fund.

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Margaret Miller

February 23, 1922 - November 25, 2010