EDWARD JOHN MILLER, 86, of Portsmouth, died Tue., April 7th, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial service for EDWARD MILLER will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., April 10th, at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima church in Portsmouth. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 8-a.m. until noon on Thu., April 9th, and at St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth, from 2-until 8-pm, Thursday. The family will greet friends at St. Mary’s from 4-until 8-pm Thursday, and a Rosary will be recited at the church beginning at 7-pm, also on Thursday.

Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery.

EDWARD MILLER is survived by:

His wife – Helen Miller, of Portsmouth.

His sons – Randy (Becky) Miller, and Dave Miller (Lisa Schwery),  & Joe (Vicki) Miller, all of Portsmouth; Larry (Cindy) Miller, of Harlan.

His daughters – Kathy (Bryan) Sanford, of Des Moines;  Bev (Dan) Schwery, of Westphalia; Marge (Steve) Denton, of Avoca; Mary (Dennis) Pauley, of Panama, & Amy (Jed) Jensen, of Spirit Lake.

His sisters – Helen Monahan, of Woodbine; Marie Monahan, of Harlan; Margaret Patten, of Omaha, & Theresa (Merle) Kenkel, of Missouri Valley.

28 grandchildren, and 17 great-great grandchildren.