Linda Sue (Barr) Miller

Linda Sue (Barr) Miller, 74, of Nokomis, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2024, at her home of
48 years, surrounded by her family.
Linda was born November 30, 1949, in Pana, Illinois to Walter and Mary Alice (Wallar) Barr. She
has three sisters, Kelly (Ron) Walker of Peoria, Carla (Kurt Blazer) Oller of Decatur, and Jackie
(David) Rakers of Ohlman. She married Ronald L. Miller on December 7, 1968. Ron and Linda
lived in Taylorville, Pana, and then moved to Nokomis in 1976 and shortly thereafter started their
family.
Ron and Linda together raised four daughters: Angie (Randy) Gross of Nokomis, Amy (Keith)
Thrasher of Taylorville, Lauri (Michael) Smalley of Nokomis, and Lisa (Clifton) Miller of Beecher
City. She has 9 grandchildren, Corey (Brett) Gross, Caleb (Brooke) Gross, Cameron (Megan)
Gross, Lucas Smalley, Mason Stewart, Jordan Smalley, Milana Henson, Ellison Miller, and Isaac
Miller. She has 6 great grandchildren, Logan, Blakely, Layton, Graham, Lucy, and Brinlea Gross.
Family dinners always included a little bit of chaos and a lot of love.
She wore many hats during her lifetime, but first and foremost she was a loving mother and
grandmother, wonderful wife, and beautiful friend. She was a homemaker, but also held several
jobs inside and outside of the home. She owned and operated her own cake and catering
business, Cake Creations, and her favorite job outside of the home was being a breakfast cook
for the Nokomis Unit schools. She was a very talented artist, was an amazing seamstress, and
most of all liked having a good time no matter what she was doing. She will be incredibly
missed.
She is survived by her husband, sisters, children, son in-laws, grandchildren, and great
grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Mary Alice Barr.
Memorials can be directed to the American Heart Association, in honor of her grandson Corey
Gross.
Per Linda’s wishes, cremation rites will be accorded and a memorial service will be held on
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at First Baptist Church of Nokomis. Visitation will be from 9am-11am with
a Celebration of Life service to follow. Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home of Nokomis is assisting the
family with arrangements.

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