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Martha Anna Miller

Martha Anna McClelland Miller, 98, formerly of Portersville, passed away Thursday in Presbyterian Senior Care, Oakmont, where she lived since February 2005.

She was born July 22, 1913, in Polk, Pa., and was the daughter of the late Frederick and Arvilla Vincent McClelland.

She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Portersville. She was honored in 2003-2004 by President George W. Bush with a certificate and pin for volunteering more than 2,000 hours in the St. Cloud, Fla., Presbyterian Church Thriftee Center.

She was a registered nurse. During her first job, she was the head nurse at the former Mercer Cottage Hospital in Mercer. She later became the school nurse at different buildings in the Slippery Rock School District, where she retired after 25 years.

She enjoyed reading, traveling, doing needle work and working on crafts.

She is survived by one daughter, Marlene Miller Smithers and her husband, Charles, of Pittsburgh; one sister, Caroline “Dolly” Berry of New Castle; and one sister-in-law, June McClelland of Grove City.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wayland “Bill” Miller, who passed away in 1983; one brother, Jack McClelland; and one sister, Jean Shearer.

<B>MILLER</B> — Calling hours for Martha Anna McClelland Miller, who died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the <B>Edward L. Raisley Funeral Home</B>, 387 Main St., Prospect.Visitation will continue on Monday in the Presbyterian Church of Portersville, 1297 Perry Hwy., Portersville, from 10 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m. The Rev. Dana Opp, her church pastor, will officiate.Interment will follow in the Presbyterian Church of Portersville Cemetery.Memorial gifts may be given to the Presbyterian Senior Care Foundation, 1215 Hulton Road, Oakmont, PA 15139.For more information or to leave an online condolence, go to www.raisleyfuneralhome.com.

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