Fannie Peachy Miller

Fannie Peachy Miller, age 77, was born July 12, 1947, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Moses King and Katie Lydia (Peachy) Stoltzfus. She left this life on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at the Decatur County Hospital in Leon, Iowa. Fannie was the middle of five children, Jacob and Esther were older and Sarah and Daniel younger. Fannie’s formative years were spent working with her parents and siblings on the farm. At 20 years of age, she accepted a position teaching grades 1-8 in a one room Amish schoolhouse. After a few years of teaching, she decided to serve at a nursing home in Hillcrest, Arkansas. She arrived at Hillcrest in July of 1970. In May of 1971, a young man named Earl Miller selected Hillcrest as the location for his Alternative Service. It didn’t take long for Fannie and Earl to start dating and on June 30th, 1973, they were married. They moved to a dairy farm in Leon, Iowa and welcomed their first son, Matthew, in 1978. Shortly after Matt was born, they went to Sarasota, Florida for a vacation and shortly after arriving they decided they wanted to live there permanently. They sold their farm in Iowa and Earl started a lawn business in Florida. Fannie and Earl lived in Sarasota for nearly a decade. Along the way they welcomed their second son, Jason, in May of 1981, and a third son, Michael, was born in November 1983. Fannie also spent a year teaching grades 1-8 in 1986. In 1987, Earl and Fannie decided to move back to Leon, where they opened a bulk food store. Fannie helped to run the store, held bake sales, baked for a local cafe, and home schooled her children. In 1998, Earl, Fannie, and their two youngest moved back to Florida. There Fannie worked for Bulk-N-Natural, a bulk food store until 2004, when Earl had two strokes. After Earl’s strokes, she started taking care of elderly patients through a company called, Take Care. Earl passed away in 2013, from a heart attack. Fannie continued to work at Take Care until 2017, when she returned to Iowa to care for her father-in-law, Andy Miller. After he passed, she decided that she liked the slower paced life in Iowa better. She and Jason returned to Iowa in 2018, and Fannie started attending Living Hope Church. She attended there until June of 2024 when she became too ill to be able to attend the services. Fannie is survived by her three children, Matthew Miller & Rekha Gupta of Austin, Texas, Jason & Bailey Miller and their children, Andy, Katie and Christie, of Leon, Iowa and Michael & Jody Miller and their children, Devon, Kaylee, and Caleb, of North Port, Florida; her siblings, Jacob & Sarah Stoltzfus of Goshen, Indiana, Esther & George Stoltzfoos of Florida, Sarah & Amos Kauffman of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and Daniel & Lil Stoltzfus of Kinzers, Pennsylvania; nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Earl

Fannie Peachy Miller

July 12, 1947 - September 15, 2024