Jane A. Miller

Jane A. Miller, 73, of New Philadelphia, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, in Union Hospital, Dover, following a brief illness.

Born, Apr. 16, 1935, in Coshocton, she was a daughter of the late Grover and Bernice Nealey Newell. Jane attended school in Coshocton, and, on Nov. 14, 1953, married Blaine Miller. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and was employed by The Repository, from which she retired after twenty-three years of service. Some of Jane's favorite pastimes included woodworking and wood-burning and needlepoint. She also enjoyed music playing the guitar, and sometimes the mouth-harp; she was fond of "the old hymns."

Survivors include two daughters, Linda (husband, Jesse) Shaffer and Darlene (wife, Mechael) Miller, both of New Philadelphia; two sons, Wayne (wife, Iris) Miller of Ragersville, and Rusty Miller of New Philadelphia; four grandchildren, Monica Brink, Josh Shaffer and Shawn and Travis Miller; six great-grandchildren, Destiny and Shayla Douglas, Jagger, Hope and Mason Miller, and Malik Shaffer; two bothers, Robert (wife, Janice) Newell and David (wife, Kathy) Newell, both of Coshocton; several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Jane was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Blaine, on Feb. 27, 2001; twin infant daughters; three sisters; and one brother.

A funeral service will be held Wednesday, Feb 18, at 1:30 p.m., in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, 246 E. High Ave., New Philadelphia, with Tuscarawas County Hospice Chaplain Rick Brinsley officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Sandyville. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Wednesday, 12:30 1:30 p.m. To sign an online guestbook and share a fond memory of Jane, please visit the funeral home's Web site and click on Obituaries.

The family suggests that contributions in Jane's memory be made to Hospice of Tuscarawas County, 201 W. Third St., Dover, OH 44622.

Toland-Herzig, New Philadelphia
330-343-6132
www.tolandherzig.com