Fairbank: Lois Elizabeth “Lo-E” Miller age 93 peacefully passed away surrounded by her family, Thursday May 10, 2018 at Mercy Living Plus in Oelwein, Iowa. She was born June 21, 1924 in Dubuque the daughter of Art “Pop” and Bea (Theis) Rastatter. Lo-E graduated from St. Columbkilles High School of Dubuque in 1942. Lo-E married Joe Miller May 2, 1953 at St. Columbkilles Catholic Church in Dubuque. Together they owned and operated Miller Plumbing and Heating in Fairbank for many years. Lo-E served as the choir director at Immaculate Conception Church in Fairbank for many years and served on various church committees. She enjoyed playing cards with friends and attending any and all family sporting events. Her greatest joys in life were her strong Catholic faith, family and her love of music. Heaven gained a new choir director who will keep the beat a going.
Lo-E is survived by her six children; Joe (Jeanne) Miller of White Bear Lake, MN, Jane (Hal) Holder of St. Peters, MO, Pat (Lynn) Miller of Fairbank, Greg (Shelli) Miller of Davenport, Barb (Tim) Klopfenstein of Washington and John (Jo) Miller of Davenport, 17 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild on the way. One brother, Charles (Pat) Rastatter of Tuscon, AZ, two sisters; Mimi Rastatter of Washington state and Sister Barbara Rastatter of Dubuque along with a sister-in-law Maryanne Rastatter. Lo-E is also survived by a very special niece, Mary Jans and nephew Kevin Coffin.
She was preceded by her husband, her parents, two brothers David and Paul Rastatter and a sister, Jeanne (Norbert) Willging.
Services: 10:30 am Monday May 14, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Fairbank.
Visitation: 4:00 -7:00 pm Sunday May 13, 2018 with a 3:45 parish rosary at Woods Funeral Home.
Interment: Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery.
Memorials: may be directed to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church or to the Fairbank Public Library.
Condolences for Lois Elizabeth “Lo-E” Miller
My condolences, thoughts and prayers to the familu
God bless her. She will be missed and well remembered. Always enjoyed visiting with her on my trips back home!
So sorry to see this. Love and prayers to all the family. She was a wonderful lady and loved by all. Pat Kayser
Sorry to not be able to attend the visitation tonight but know my thoughts are with the family. Your parents were always such good friends to our mom, Kay, and that was so appreciated! I stopped to see Lo E a couple times since mom was gone and she was always so interested in finding out how each of the kids were doing since she didn’t get updates anymore. 🙂 She was quite a lady. My condolences to all of you.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Diane mentioned how much your mom meant to our mom, but I wanted to share that your mom was also a member of the KLAMs. Maybe one of the best gangs to ever come out of Fairbank. LoE was the last surviving member, who along with our mom, Marie Allen and Allie B Cowlishaw enjoyed each other company, movies, card games and were very good friends over the years. They all get to reunite now and be infamous in heaven.