January 19, 2014

Martha Rose Miller, 73, formerly of Red Dale Road, Orwigsburg, passed away Sunday at Schuylkill Center-Genesis Healthcare.

Born in Pottsville, Feb. 11, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur B. and Virginia H. DeMott Miller.

A 1958 graduate of Blue Mountain High School, she was a machine operator at Fessler Knitting Mill, Orwigsburg.

Martha was raised in the Protestant faith.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant sister in 1948.

Surviving are a sister, Virginia Dawn M. Hughes, Orwigsburg; three brothers, Wilbur D. Miller, husband of Susan, Orwigsburg, Gale D. Miller and Dale J. Miller, both of Pine Grove; nieces and nephews.

Friends are invited to call from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hamilton Funeral Home Inc., Orwigsburg. Religious services will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment services will be held in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven, North Manheim Township.