Miriam E. Spies Mcmillen

Miriam E. Spies McMillen, age 86, a life-long resident of Dover, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2016, in Community Hospice's Truman House at New Philadelphia.

Born July 4, 1930, at Dover, she was a daughter of the late Roger M. and Mildred Inez Cotton Spies. Miriam graduated from Dover High School in 1948, and was employed by the General Telephone & Electric Corporation at New Philadelphia. She married Robert J. "Bob" McMillen on July 7, 1952. In 1972, the couple formed the McMillen Heating & Cooling Company (now McMillen & Sons), at Dover, where Miriam worked as secretary for many years. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

Miriam belonged to the First Christian Church at Dover; the Tuscarawas Valley Duplicate Bridge Club - playing just until recently; a social member of the New Philadelphia post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; and the Dover Mothers' Club, when her sons were in school, serving as its president. Aside from playing bridge, another of Miriam's favorite pastimes was working in the flowerbeds around her home.

In addition to her husband, Bob, Miriam is survived by her sons, Tom (Brenda) McMillen of New Philadelphia, and Wes (Ellen) McMillen of Stone Creek; her beloved grandsons, Luke (Katie) McMillen and Broc (Karie) McMillen; her great-grandchildren, Addison, Colton and Drake McMillen; her brother, Roger (Mary) Spies of Dover; and her many nieces and nephews, including Patty Vance, with whom she was especially close.

Besides her parents, Miriam was preceded in death by her grandson, Clay McMillen; her sisters, Ruby Spies, Audrey Sehl, Roberta Ohlinger and Shirley Vance; and her brother, Harlan Spies.

A funeral service will be held Friday, October 14, at 11 a.m., in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, Dover, with Miriam's nephew, Pastor Mike Spies, officiating. Burial will be in Brandywine Cemetery at Dover. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Thursday, October 13, 5 7 p.m. To sign an online guestbook and share a fond memory of Miriam, please visit the Obituaries and Flowers link on the Toland-Herzig website.

The family suggests that donations in Miriam's memory be made to the charity of the donor's choice.