Zelda L. Miller Minke
Sept. 13, 1918 - Dec. 19, 2006
WILLMAR -- Zelda L. Miller Minke, 88, of Willmar died Tuesday at Bethesda Pleasantview Nursing Home in Willmar.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Willmar.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and for one hour prior to the service at the church.
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She was born Sept. 13, 1918, in St. Cloud to John and Warda (Burwick) Bergman. She grew up in the St. Cloud community, graduated from St. Cloud Tech High School and from St. Cloud State Teachers College.
She married Harold E. Miller in 1938 in St. Cloud. They lived in St. Cloud until 1947, when they moved to Willmar. She worked for Bremer Bank for several years. Harold died in 1969. She served out Harold's term as Kandiyohi County treasurer and then served as county treasurer for 23 years. She married Donald Minke on June 22, 1972. Donald died in 1994.
She is survived by five children: Robert Miller of Trinity, Fla., Donald (and Jean) Miller of Green Bay, Wis., James Miller of Willmar, Ronald (and Diane) Minke of Spicer, Mary (and Paul) Heimbuch of Cary, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husbands; one son: Richard in 1982; three brothers and one sister.
