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Sylvia Ellen Penner Miller of Keller, TX passed away on November 9, 2021, just a few days shy of her 89th birthday. She was born to Mamie and John Taylor Penner on November 24, 1932, at her family farm on Blackjack Road. She attended grade school in Aubrey and graduated from Pilot Point High School. She stayed active with the alumni and attended the all-class reunions until the pandemic. She married Frank O’Neal Miller on December 7, 1952, and they had two children, Kay Crow and Mick Miller. She retired from GTE in the 1990’s and has lived with her daughter’s family for the last 25 years. Sylvia’s greatest joy in life was her family and she considered almost everyone she knew as part of her family. Born a caretaker and known to most simply as ‘Grandma’, she looked after, tended to, and genuinely loved nearly everyone she met. Anyone needing a shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold, or an ear to listen would find it, and a glass of sweet tea waiting with Sylvia. She was preceded in death by her parents, her stepmother Jesse Penner, her husband, her siblings JT Penner, Clara Evens and Ethel Humphries, as well as her son-in-law Harris Crow and granddaughter Katie Miller. She is survived by both her children, her daughter-in-law Christie Miller, her granddaughters Vickie Rice, Amanda Harvey, and Stefanie Ramos, her great-granddaughters Ashley Rice and Charlotte Harvey, as well as numerous nieces and nephews who were also very dear to her. She also leaves behind three canine family members, Gizmo, Gadget, and Briley, who were by her side or at her feet for most of the last decade. Services will be held at Slay Memorial Funeral Home on Saturday, November 13 at 1:00 with Chaplain Owen A. Sharp officiating. A viewing will begin at 11:30. The family asks that those wishing to send flowers think about choosing a flowering plant to honor Sylvia’s love of gardening. For those preferring to donate in her honor, please consider Community Hospice of Texas – Inpatient Unit in Ft. Worth, Texas at https://www.chot.org/providing-compassionate-end-of-life-care/ Online condolences may be shared at www.slaymemorialfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Brad Shotts and Slay Memorial Funeral Center.

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Sylvia E. Miller

November 24, 1932 - November 9, 2021