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of Gas City, Indiana age 74, died Monday, May 4, 2020 at the Wesleyan Health and Rehab Center in Marion, Indiana. She was born January 8, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Joseph and Josephine Barbara (Blass) Lutchka. She was baptized at the Bushnell Congregational Church in Detroit, MI. Martha graduated from South Lyon High School in South Lyon, Michigan in 1964. She attended Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1968 and Masters degree in 1969. She was a member of Tau Beta Sigma a band fraternity. She received her teaching license in 1971 as a speech therapist and taught at the South Lyon elementary school. She taught there until she married Lewis Miller in 1974, who worked at the Environmental Automobile Certification division of the EPA at Ann Arbor, MI. She moved with her husband for the next 30 years when he began working for the Veterans Administration moving to various locations within the United States. The first move was to MN, then TX ,PA, IN. OR, NB, and OK. They retired to Gas City, IN in 2003, where she resided until her death.
formerly of Munith, MI, age 95, died Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Chelsea Retirement Community due to complications from COVID 19. She was born October 20, 1924 in Brownville, Minnesota, the daughter of Matt & Francis (Hartel) Mollner. Helen was best known as the “Garage Sale Lady”. Everyone will miss her freezer jam her cakes, and especially her cereal cake.
On Dec. 23, 1945, Helen married Hiram Brainerd in Ecorse, Michigan and he preceded her in death in 1967. In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by a son, Michael, and ten brothers and sisters.