Patricia Jane Miller Iliff Obituary (1927

Mrs. Patricia Jane Miller Iliff, age 97 of Cross Plains, Indiana and formerly of Hanover, entered this life on January 29, 1927 in Peru, Indiana. She was the daughter of the late Herbert Glen "Smoke" and Zella McKinley Miller. She was raised in Peru and Bunker Hill, Indiana and graduated from Bunker Hill High School in 1937. On October 6, 1956, she was united in marriage to John L. Iliff in Downers Grove, Illinois. This union of 43 years was blessed with a daughter, Mary Elaine, and a son, Robert Lee. She worked early in life at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, Illinois. The family resided in Yuma, Arizona for a time and Patricia worked at the Yuma Proving Ground in the accounting department. The family moved to Hanover in 1974 and resided there until John died and she moved to Cross Plains. She was a member of the Cross Plains United Methodist Church and Red Hat Society of Batesville. She loved to garden and work in her flower beds. Patricia died on Friday, April 12, 2024, at 11:26 a.m. at the Norton King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Patricia will be missed by her loving daughter, Mary Elaine Iliff of Cross Plains, Indiana; her son, Robert Lee Iliff; her grandchildren, Robert J. Iliff, William Paul Iliff, John R. Iliff and John McCauley; her great grandchildren, Cameron James McCauley, Haley Iliff, and Bella Iliff; and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Herbert Glen "Smoke" Miller, her mother, Zella McKinley Miller, her husband of 43 years, John L. Iliff, died April 15, 1999, her sister, Jean Kring, and her granddaughter, Samantha Charlotte Iliff Gauck. MEMORIAL SERVICEMemorial services will be conducted on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., by Pastor Jerry Brooks at the Cross Plains United Methodist Church in Cross Plains, Indiana. Interment will follow at a later date in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may visit from 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2024 until the time of service at the Cross Plains United Methodist Church in Cross Plains, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Cross Plains United Methodist Church or the Wounded Warriors or the Salvation Army. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances, and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com Place An Online Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Patricia Jane Miller Iliff, please click here to visit our sympathy store.